Pheidole vafra

Pheidole vafra Santschi, 1923: 51 . Lectotype major worker and associated paralectotype minor worker: Brazil, Sta. Catarina: Blumenau (Reichensperger) [NHMB, unique specimen identifiers CASENT0913469 (major), CASENT0913470 (minor)] (AntWeb images examined). See also: Wilson, 2003: 244.

Pheidole idiota Santschi, 1923: 53 . Syntype major, minor worker, queen: Argentina, Cordoba: Alta Gracia (Bruch) [NHMB, unique specimen identifiers CASENT0913471 (major), CASENT0913472 (minor)] (AntWeb images examined). Synonymy by Wilson, 2003: 244.

Pheidole vafra subsp. idiota: Santschi, 1929: 284 .

Pheidole laticornis Wilson, 2003: 203, figs. Holotype major worker and associated paratype minor worker: Costa Rica, Puntarenas: Palmar (E. O. Wilson). [MCZC] (examined). New Synonym.

Comments. This appears to be a widespread weedy species. The images of the types of P. vafra match the types of Wilson's P. laticornis .