Pheidole biconstricta rubicunda

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Pheidole biconstricta rubicunda
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole biconstricta)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole biconstricta rubicunda
Emery, 1890

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

Nomenclature

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

  • rubicunda. Pheidole biconstricta r. rubicunda Emery, 1890b: 50 (s.w.) COSTA RICA. [Also described as new by Emery, 1894k: 55.] Raised to species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 96. Subspecies of biconstricta: Forel, 1899c: 64. Junior synonym of biconstricta: Wilson, 2003: 143.

References

  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 96, raised to species)
  • Emery, C. 1890c. Studii sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 22: 38-80 (page 50, soldier, worker described)
  • Emery, C. 1894l. Estudios sobre las hormigas de Costa Rica. An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica 1888- 1889: 45-64 (page 55, also described as new)
  • Forel, A. 1899e. Formicidae. [part]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 57-80 (page 64, race of biconstricta)
  • Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.: 794pp (page 143, Junior synonym of biconstricta)