Pheidole protaxi

This species is only known from the type series which specimens were collected in a leaf litter sample of a great primary remnant fragment of tabuleiro forest (more than 7.000 ha). The colony was nesting between leaves, under a small rotten wood.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil.

Nomenclature

 *  protaxi. Pheidole protaxi Oliveira & Lacau, 2015: 535, figs. 1-3 (w.) BRAZIL.