Pheidole megacephala impressiceps

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Pheidole megacephala impressiceps Wasmann, 1904 homonym replaced by Pheidole megacephala impressifrons Wasmann, 1905

Pheidole megacephala subsp. impressiceps Wasmann, 1904a: 72 (footnote) (s.w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype major workers, syntype minor workers, syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: South Africa: Cape Prov., Port Elisabeth (H. Brauns) (by restriction of Wheeler, 1922: 814). Primary type depository: NHMM. Type notes: Other original syntype locality: South Africa: Natal, 4000 ft (G.D. Haviland).

As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1915e: 3.
[Junior primary homonym of Pheidole impressiceps Mayr, 1876.]
Replacement name: Pheidole megacephala impressifrons Wasmann, 1905f

Citations

Emery, C. 1915e. Formiche raccolte nell'Eritrea dal Prof. F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 10:3-26. PDF
Wasmann, E. 1904a. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Paussiden, mit biologischen und phylogenetischen Bemerkungen. Notes from the Leyden Museum 25:1-82. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

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