Pheidole diversa

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Pheidole diversa
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole fimbriata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole diversa
Smith, F., 1860

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

Nomenclature

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

  • diversa. Pheidole diversa Smith, F. 1860c: 74 (s.w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of fimbriata: Kempf, 1965: 183.

References

  • Kempf, W. W. 1965. Nota preliminar sôbre algumas formigas neotrópicas, descritas por Frederick Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Biol. 25: 181-186 (page 183, junior synonym of fimbriata)
  • Smith, F. 1860c. Descriptions of new genera and species of exotic Hymenoptera. J. Entomol. 1: 65-84 (page 74, soldier, worker described)