Pheidole sikorae

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Pheidole sikorae Forel, 1891 valid

Pheidole sikorae Forel, 1891c: 223 (s.w.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Salata & Fisher, 2020b: 139). Primary type locality: lectotype Madagascar: Antananarivo, Andrangoloaka (Sikora). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0101692 (top specimen). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype major worker, 3 paralectotype minor workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0876548 (bottom specimen on same pin as lectotype), CASENT0101668.

Lectotype designation: Salata & Fisher, 2020b: 139.
Forel, 1892o: 258 (q.)
Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 96; Emery, 1921c: 90; Wheeler, 1922: 1020; Bolton, 1995b: 330; Salata & Fisher, 2020b: 139 (redescription).

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
Forel, A. 1891c. Les Formicides. [part]. In: Grandidier, A. 1891. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie (28e fascicule). Paris: Hachette et Cie, v + 237 pp. PDF
Forel, A. 1892o. Les Formicides. [concl.]. In: Grandidier, A. 1892. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie. Supplèment au 28e fascicule. Paris: Hachette et Cie, pp. 229-280. PDF
Salata, S.; Fisher, B. L. 2020b. Taxonomic revision of the Pheidole sikorae species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Madagascar. ZooKeys 949:1-185. 10.3897/zookeys.949.51269 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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