Pheidole sculptior ^HNS

Pheidole flavens r. sculptior Forel, 1893: 414 ^HNS. Lectotype major worker (here designated, as labeled by Wilson 2003) and associated paralectotype minor worker, queen: Antilles Islands, St. Vincent (H. H. Smith) [lectotype at MCZ] (lectotype examined). Wilson, 2003: 506: raised to species.

Pheidole tayrona Wilson, 2003: 518 ^HNS, figs. Holotype major worker and associated paratype minor worker: Colombia, Magdalena, Tayrona Park, Pueblito to S. park boundary, 1977 (C. Kugler) [MCZ] (examined). New synonymy.

Comments

The types of P. sculptior ^HNS and P. tayrona ^HNS were directly compared and there is no substantial difference.