Species: Pheidole gertrudae

Current Valid Name:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Pheidole gertrudae Forel, 1886b PDF: xlii (w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro). Neotropic. Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype minor workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (Naegeli). Primary type depository: MHNG. Type notes: Wilson, 2003a: 537, designates a lectotype major worker, but the original description includes only minor workers. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Status as species: Mayr, 1887 PDF: 592 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 90; Forel, 1895b PDF: 128; Emery, 1906c PDF: 151; Forel, 1908 PDF: 370; Forel, 1912g PDF: 227; Forel, 1912o PDF: 55; Donisthorpe, 1915f PDF: 338; Luederwaldt, 1918 PDF: 44; Emery, 1922c PDF: 101; Stärcke, 1926a PDF: 86 (in key); Borgmeier, 1927c PDF: 82; Donisthorpe, 1927c: 389; Borgmeier, 1937b PDF: 232; Kusnezov, 1952d PDF: 61 (in key); Kempf, 1960f PDF: 436; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 193; Bolton, 1995b: 322; Wilson, 2003a: 537 (redescription); Wild, 2007b PDF: 34; Bezděčková et al., 2015 PDF: 119; Guerrero et al., 2018 10.25100/socolen.v44i2.7115 PDF: 247.

Senior synonym of Pheidole humilis: Kempf, 1960f PDF: 463; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 193; Bolton, 1995b: 322; Wilson, 2003a: 537.

Senior synonym of Pheidole gertrudae leonhardi: Wilson, 2003a: 537.

Senior synonym of Pheidole gertrudae loretensis: Wilson, 2003a: 537.

// Distribution

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Americas: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Neotropical

Distribution Notes:

Paraguay: Amambay, Canindeyú, Concepción

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name	Status	Publication	Pages	ModsID	GoogleMaps
Pheidole gertrudae		Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press: 537, (download)	537	20017
Pheidole gertrudae		Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55: 34, (download)	34	21367

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 3 times found in Semideciduous seasonal forest, 1 times found in bosque alto.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 1 times direct collection, 1 times Epigaeic pitfall.

Elevations: collected from 170 - 650 meters, 295 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1929-01-01 00:00:00.0 and 2013-01-01 00:00:00.0

Type specimens: Lectotype of Pheidole gertrudae: casent0908143; paralectotype of Pheidole gertrudae: casent0908144; syntype of Pheidole gertrudae leonhardi: casent0908145; syntype of Pheidole gertrudae loretensis: casent0913327

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Species: Pheidole gertrudae Forel, 1886

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