Pheidole bhavanae

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Pheidole bhavanae
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole smythiesii)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole bhavanae
Bingham, 1903

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

Nomenclature

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

  • bhavanae. Pheidole bhavanae Bingham, 1903: 228 (s.w.) INDIA. Combination in Ceratopheidole: Emery, 1922e: 113; in Pheidole: Bolton, 1995b: 318. Junior synonym of smythiesii: Eguchi, 2008: 87.

References

  • Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 228, soldier, worker described)
  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 318, Combination in Pheidole: revived combination)
  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 113, Combination in Ceratopheidole)