Pheidole transversostriata

Pheidole transversostriata Mayr, 1887: 584 . Lectotype major worker: Guyana [NHMW, unique specimen identifier CASENT0601287] (examined). See also: Wilson, 2003: 645.

Pheidole lacerta Wheeler, 1922: 6 . Syntype major, minor worker: Trinidad, Port of Spain (not examined). Synonymy by Wilson, 2003: 645.

Pheidole transversostriata var. nigridens Forel 1901: 362 . Syntype major, minor worker: Colombia, Magdalena: Sta. Marta (Forel) [MHNG, unique specimen identifiers CASENT0908300 (major), CASENT0908301 (minor)] (AntWeb images examined). Synonymy by Wilson, 2003: 645.

Pheidole scalaris Wilson, 2003: 643, figs. Holotype major worker and associated paratype minor worker: Costa Rica, Heredia: La Selva Biological Station (S. Cover) [MCZC] (examined). New Synonym.

Comments. Wilson (2003) surmised that P. scalaris could be a synonym of P. transversostriata . The two were separated by minor differences in sculpture on the minor worker and head shape of the major worker. So far there is no evidence of sympatry of separate forms. The distinctive major workers identify a widespread clade, and at this stage there is little value in using separate names for local variants.