Pheidole longiscapa

Pheidole longiscapa Forel, 1901: 358 . Lectotype major and associated paralectotype minor worker: Venezuela, Carabobo: Puerto Cabello (Forel) [MHNG, unique specimen identifier CASENT0908185] (AntWeb image examined).

Pheidole longiscapa r. martensis Forel, 1914: 615. Syntype major, minor worker: Colombia (Gaige) [MHNG, unique specimen identifiers CASENT0908184 (minor), CASENT0908183 (major)] (AntWeb images examined). Synonymy by Wilson, 2003: 205.

Pheidole cocciphaga Borgmeier, 1934: 99, fig. 3. Lectotype major worker and associated paralectotype minor worker: Suriname, Paramaribo [MZSP] (not examined). See also: Wilson, 2003: 181. New Synonym.

Comments. Pheidole longiscapa is a somewhat variable, weedy species that occurs from Nicaragua to Colombia, and eastward to French Guiana. The synonymy of P. cocciphaga is based on measurements, Borgmeier's description and figure, and Wilson's figures.