Pheidole nitidicollis

Pheidole dimidiata var. nitidicollis Emery, 1896: 79 . Lectotype major worker and associated paralectotype minor worker: Costa Rica, Heredia: Jiménez [a site near present day La Selva Biological Station] ( Alfaro) [MCSN] (not examined).

Pheidole nitidicollis: Wilson, 2003: 474 (raised to species).

Pheidole sagana Wheeler, W.M. 1934: 169 . Lectotype major worker and associated paralectotype minor worker: Mexico, Veracruz, Mirador (Skwarra) [MCZC] (examined). See also: Wilson, 2003: 501. Synonymy by Longino, 2009: 58.

Pheidole chalcoides Wilson, 2003: 397, figs. Holotype major worker and associated paratype minor worker: Mexico, Veracruz: 3 km west of Fortin De Las Flores, 1000 m (R. J. Hamton and A. B. Hamton) [MCZC] (examined). New Synonym.

Comments. The types of P. chalcoides are typical specimens of the widespread arboreal species P. nitidicollis .