Pheidole flavens
Roger, 1863a:
198 (s.w.q.)
CUBA.
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: neotype major worker (by designation of Wilson, 2003a: 419). Primary type locality: neotype Cuba: Barrajagua, Las Villas (E.O. Wilson). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Type notes:
1) Wilson also designates a minor worker as a “paraneotype”, a category not recognised by ICZN. 2) Original syntype data: major workers, minor workers (numbers not stated), 1 queen; type locality: Cuba: (no further data); type depository: MNHN or MNHU. Wilson, 2003a: 419, says that the original type material could not be found.
- Neotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 419.
- Wheeler, 1905c: 92 (m.)
- Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 31; Mayr, 1863a: 440; Mayr, 1870b: 981 (in key); Mayr, 1887: 593 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 90; Emery, 1894d: 155; Forel, 1895b: 141; Emery, 1896g: 82 (in key); Forel, 1899b: 77; Wheeler, 1905c: 92, 125; Forel, 1908c: 60; Forel, 1908a: 65; Forel, 1913m: 230; Wheeler, 1913b: 493; Wheeler & Mann, 1914: 24; Mann, 1916: 439; Wheeler, 1917g: 459; Mann, 1920b: 427; Emery, 1922c: 107; Wheeler, 1922: 1018; Wheeler, 1922e: 6; Wheeler, 1925a: 23; Santschi, 1930e: 77; Kusnezov, 1952d: 71 (in key); Kusnezov, 1953c: 337; Smith, 1954c: 4; Gregg, 1959: 13 (in key); Kempf, 1972b: 191; Alayo, 1974: 11 (in key); Smith, 1979: 1370; Bolton, 1995b: 321; Deyrup et al., 2000: 296; Deyrup, 2003: 46; Wilson, 2003a: 419 (redescription); LaPolla & Cover, 2005: 371; Wild, 2007b: 34; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 259; Ellison et al., 2012: 303; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 119; Sarnat et al., 2015: 42 (redescription); Deyrup, 2017: 88; Longino, 2019: 72; Lubertazzi, 2019: 143; Serna et al., 2019: 948 (redescription).
- Senior synonym of Pheidole floridana aechmeae: Wilson, 2003a: 419; Sarnat et al., 2015: 42.
- Senior synonym of Pheidole flavens gracilior: Wilson, 2003a: 419; Sarnat et al., 2015: 42.
- Senior synonym of Pheidole greggi: Wilson, 2003a: 419; Sarnat et al., 2015: 42.
- Senior synonym of Pheidole flavens haytiana: Wilson, 2003a: 419; Sarnat et al., 2015: 42.
- Senior synonym of Pheidole flavens spei: Wilson, 2003a: 419; Sarnat et al., 2015: 42.
- Senior synonym of Pheidole flavens tuberculata: Wilson, 2003a: 419; Sarnat et al., 2015: 42.
- Senior synonym of Pheidole flavens vincentensis: Wilson, 2003a: 419; Sarnat et al., 2015: 42.
Junior synonyms
- Pheidole flavens gracilior Forel, 1901
- Pheidole flavens haytiana Forel, 1907
- Pheidole flavens spei Santschi, 1930
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Pheidole flavens tuberculata
Mayr, 1887
Obsolete combination(s): Pheidole exigua tuberculata
- Pheidole flavens vincentensis Forel, 1893
- Pheidole floridana aechmeae Wheeler, 1934
- Pheidole greggi Naves, 1985
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
- P. f. thomensis Emery, 1894
Citations
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Extant: 1 valid subspecies
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