Polyergus breviceps Emery, 1893 valid
Polyergus rufescens subsp. breviceps Emery, 1893k: 666 (w.) U.S.A. (Colorado). Nearctic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Trager, 2013: 511). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: Colorado, Breckenridge (T. Pergande?) (invalid restriction of type locality by Creighton, 1950a: 588; no lectotype designated) Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0179559 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same data as holotype, U.S.A.: South Dakota (no further data) (T. Pergande). Secondary type depository: unspecified but presumably MHNG, MSNG. Type notes: 1) Other original syntype locality: U.S.A.: Colorado (no further data) (T. Pergande). 2) Smith, 1947g: 157, gives South Dakota data as Hill City, vi.1890, no. 142 (ex coll. T. Pergande).
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