Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Middle American Wet Forest
Author
Longino, John T.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-05-06
4599
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4599.1.1
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Pheidole biolleyi
Pheidole Biolleyi
Forel, 1908
: 48
.
LECTOTYPE
major worker (here designated):
Costa Rica
,
La Palma
,
1600 m
(
P. Biolley
) [MHNG, unique specimen identifier
JTLC000014077
, examined].
Pheidole Biolleyi
subsp.
Tristani
Forel, 1908
: 50
.
LECTOTYPE
major worker (here designated):
Costa Rica
,
Cartago
,
1450 m
(Biolley) [MHNG, examined]. Synonymy by
Wilson, 2003
: 170
.
Comments
. The
syntype
series of
P. biolleyi
subsp.
tristani
consists of two species. A major worker, designated here as the
lectotype
of
tristani
, is the same as
P. biolleyi
and maintains Wilson's synonymy of
tristani
under
biolleyi
. A minor worker from Santa Maria de Dota is identified here as the new species
P. tinamu
. I chose to maintain the synonymy by making the major worker the
lectotype
, rather than making the minor worker the
lectotype
and resurrecting
P. tristani
, so that
P. tinamu
could have a major worker as a
holotype
and be based on a full type series of fresh material.