Pheidole cramptoni petiolicola

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Pheidole cramptoni petiolicola
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole cramptoni)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole cramptoni petiolicola
Wheeler, W.M., 1921

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

Nomenclature

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

  • petiolicola. Pheidole cramptoni subsp. petiolicola Wheeler, W.M. 1921f: 147 (s.w.) GUYANA. Junior synonym of cramptoni: Kempf & Brown, 1968: 97.

References

  • Kempf, W. W.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1968. Report on some Neotropical ant studies. Pap. Avulsos Zool. (Sao Paulo) 22: 89-102 (page 97, junior synonym of cramptoni)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1921f. The Tachigalia ants. Zoologica (N. Y.) 3: 137-168 (page 147, soldier, worker described)