Protonym: Pheidole punctithorax
Authorship Borgmeier, 1929: 210, pl. 7, fig. 5
Forms s.w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro)
Primary type information Primary type material: 3 syntype major workers, syntype minor workers (number not stated, “many”). Primary type locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Petropolis, 1918 (T. Borgmeier). Primary type depository: MZSP (perhaps also IEUB).
Type notes Wilson, 2003a: 342, cites a holotype major worker, but the original description includes 3 syntype major workers without citation of a holotype.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Pheidole punctithorax Species Valid Original combination