Pheidole nitidicollis

Longino, J. T., 2009, Additions to the taxonomy of New World Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 2181, pp. 1-90 : 58

Pheidole nitidicollis

Pheidole dimidiata var. nitidicollis Emery, 1896: 79 . Lectotype major worker (here designated, as labeled by Wilson 2003) and associated paralectotype minor worker: Costa Rica, Jimenez [a site near present day La Selva Biological Station] (Alfaro) [ MCSN] (not examined). Subspecies of dimidiata : Emery, 1922: 107. Raised to species: Wilson, 2003: 474.

Pheidole sagana Wheeler , W.M. 1934: 169. Lectotype major worker (here designated, as labeled by Wilson 2003) and associated paralectotype minor worker: Mexico, Veracruz, Mirador (Skwarra) [ MCZ] (examined). See also: Wilson, 2003: 501. New synonymy.

Geographic Range

Mexico to Costa Rica.

Biology

This species occurs in mature wet forest. It is a relatively common arboreal ant, nesting in dead branches and under epiphytes. Colonies often appear large, with workers scattered over a wide area.

Comments

The conclusion of synonymy of P. sagana under P. nitidicollis is based on the illustrations of type material of P. nitidicollis in Wilson (2003), the identification as P. nitidicollis of abundant new material from near the type locality, and the direct comparison of that material with the types of P. sagana .