Pheidole vafra, Santschi, 1923

Longino, John T., 2019, Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Middle American Wet Forest, Zootaxa 4599 (1), pp. 1-126 : 63-64

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4599.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3513769
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scientific name	Pheidole vafra
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Treatment

Pheidole vafra View in CoL

Pheidole vafra Santschi, 1923: 51 View in CoL . 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 View Cited Treatment .

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 View in CoL .

Pheidole laticornis Wilson, 2003: 203 View Cited Treatment , 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 .