Pheidole sagana

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Pheidole sagana Wheeler, 1934 junior synonym of current valid taxon Pheidole nitidicollis Emery, 1896

Pheidole sagana Wheeler, 1934g: 169 (s.w.) MEXICO (Veracruz). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Wilson, 2003a: 501). Primary type locality: lectotype Mexico: Veracruz, Mirador, 1929 (E. Skwarra). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype minor worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MCZC. Type notes: 1) Original description cites 8 major worker, 8 minor worker syntypes, collection nos 149, 150, 518. 2) Wilson, 2003a does not specify the collection number of the lectotype.

Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 501.
Status as species: Kempf, 1972b: 200; Bolton, 1995b: 329; Wilson, 2003a: 501 (redescription).
Junior synonym of Pheidole nitidicollis: Longino, 2009: 58; Longino, 2019: 51.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Longino, J. T. 2009. Additions to the taxonomy of New World Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2181:1-90. PDF
Longino, J. T. 2019. Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Middle American wet forest. Zootaxa 4599:1-126. doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4599.1.1 PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1934g. Neotropical ants collected by Dr. Elisabeth Skwarra and others. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 77:157-240. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.

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