Pheidole teneriffana Forel, 1893

Bernhard Seifert, 2016, Inconvenient hyperdiversity - the traditional concept of “ PheIdole pallIdula ” includes four cryptic species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Soil Organisms 88 (1), pp. 1-18 : 14

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.270253
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6076883
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scientific name	Pheidole teneriffana Forel, 1893
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Pheidole teneriffana Forel, 1893 View in CoL

It was described from Tenerife. The lectotype shows strong differences in morphometry, mesosomal shape and sculpture to any member of the P. pallidula complex. The description of Wilson (2003) was not based on type material but is fully consistent with the characters of the lectotype.