Pheidole aberrans mutica

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Pheidole aberrans mutica
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 mutica
Emery, 1906

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.

  • mutica. Pheidole aberrans var. mutica Emery, 1906c: 142, fig. 19 (s.) ARGENTINA. Combination in P. (Elasmopheidole): Emery, 1922e: 111. Junior synonym of aberrans: Wilson, 2003: 131.

References

  • Emery, C. 1906c [1905]. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XXVI. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 37: 107-194 (page 142, fig. 19 soldier described)
  • Emery, C. 1922e. Quelques fourmis nouvelles minuscules. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 19: 107-112 (page 111, Combination in P. (Elasmopheidole))