Pheidole nodus azumai

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Pheidole nodus azumai Santschi, 1941 junior synonym of current valid taxon Pheidole fervens Smith, 1858

Pheidole nodus st. azumai Santschi, 1941: 274, fig. 1 (s.w.) JAPAN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Eguchi, 2004: 198). Primary type locality: lectotype Japan: Osaka, Tennooji, 26.ii.1939 (Azuma). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0913369 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype minor workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: NHMB. Type notes: Original description cites 2 major workers, 4 minor workers.

Lectotype designation: Eguchi, 2004: 198.
Subspecies of Pheidole nodus: Azuma, 1951: 87; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 146; Bolton, 1995b: 317.
Junior synonym of Pheidole fervens: Eguchi, 2004: 198; Eguchi, 2008: 24; Fischer & Fisher, 2013: 323; Sarnat et al., 2015: 39.

Citations

Azuma, M. 1951. On the myrmecological-fauna of Osaka Prefecture, Japan with description of new species (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). [In Japanese and English.]. Hyogo Biology 1:86-90. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
Eguchi, K. 2004. Taxonomic revision of two wide-ranging Asian ants, Pheidole fervens and P. indica (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Formicidae), and related species. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. B, Botanik, Zoologie 105:189-209. PDF
Eguchi, K. 2008. A revision of northern Vietnamese species of the ant genus Pheidole (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Zootaxa 1902:1-118. PDF
Fischer, G.; Fisher, B. L. 2013. A revision of Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the islands of the Southwest Indian Ocean and designation of a neotype for the invasive Pheidole megacephala. Zootaxa 3683:301-356. PDF
Santschi, F. 1941. Quelques fourmis japonaises inédites. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 18:273-279. PDF
Sarnat, E. M.; Fischer, G.; Guénard, B.; Economo, E. P. 2015. Introduced Pheidole of the world: taxonomy, biology and distribution. ZooKeys 543:1-109. 10.3897/zookeys.543.6050 PDF

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