Protonym: Pheidole rotundata subsp. ilgii
Authorship Forel, 1907f: 139
Forms w.q.m
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality ETHIOPIA
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype minor workers, syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Ethiopia: Hiéka-Bourka, 1905 (M. de Rothschild), Ethiopia: Karssa, 1905 (M. de Rothschild), Ethiopia: Tchafianani, 1905 (M. de Rothschild), Ethiopia: Kounhi, 1905 (M. de Rothschild), Ethiopia: Addis Ababa, 1905 (M. de Rothschild), Ethiopia: Harar, 1905 (M. de Rothschild) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 813; no lectotype designated). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes The invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922 is doubly incorrect as it is based on material collected by A. Ilg (cited in Forel, 1907i: 82), not on Rothschild’s type material.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Pheidole megacephala ilgii Subspecies Valid
Pheidole rotundata ilgii Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Pheidole megacephala ilgii Forel, 1907
Original combination