Pheidole punctatissima

Longino, J. T. & Cox, D. J., 2009, Pheidole bilimeki reconsidered (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1985, pp. 34-42 : 41

publication ID	22416
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6221944
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E70A04DC-3E4E-6DFE-4BF3-F3A8617DEE77
treatment provided by	Christiana
scientific name	Pheidole punctatissima
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Pheidole punctatissima View in CoL HNS

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Pheidole punctatissima Mayr HNS 1870:400. Syntype major, minor worker: North America [assumed southern Mexico] (Norton) [ NMW](examined, major worker here designated Lectotype to insure nomenclatural stability). Forel, 1908:52: description of queen. See also: Wilson, 2003:618.

Pheidole punctatissima subsp. napaea Wheeler HNS , W.M. 1934:165. Syntype major, minor worker: Mexico, Veracruz, Mirador (Skwarra 51a) (not examined). Junior synonym of punctatissima HNS : Brown, 1981:525.