Pheidole diligens

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Pheidole diligens Santschi, 1923 homonym replaced by Pheidole blumenauensis Kempf, 1964

Pheidole diligens Santschi, 1923d: 50 (s.w.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Wilson, 2003a: 171). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Santa Catarina, Blumenau (A. Reichensperger). Primary type depository: NHMB. Secondary type information: Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: NHMB. Type notes: Original description includes syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).

Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 171.
[Junior secondary homonym of Pheidole diligens Smith, 1858a.]
Status as species: Borgmeier, 1927c: 80.
Replacement name: Pheidole blumenauensis Kempf, 1964e

Citations

Borgmeier, T. 1927c. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 2 parte. Subf. Pseudomyrminae, Myrmicinae, Formicidae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 29:69-164. PDF
Santschi, F. 1923d. Pheidole et quelques autres fourmis néotropiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 63:45-69. 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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