Pheidole aberrans diversiceps

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Pheidole aberrans diversiceps
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole aberrans)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole aberrans diversiceps
Santschi, 1916

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole aberrans.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • diversiceps. Pheidole (Elasmopheidole) aberrans var. diversiceps Santschi, 1916e: 374 (s.w.q.) ARGENTINA. Junior synonym of aberrans: Wilson, 2003: 131.

References

  • Santschi, F. 1916e. Formicides sudaméricains nouveaux ou peu connus. Physis (B. Aires) 2: 365-399 (page 374, soldier, worker, queen described)
  • Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.: 794pp (page 131, Junior synonym of aberrans)