Pheidole moerens dominicensis

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Pheidole moerens dominicensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole moerens)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole moerens dominicensis
Wheeler, W.M., 1913

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

Nomenclature

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

  • dominicensis. Pheidole moerens subsp. dominicensis Wheeler, W.M. 1913d: 241 (s.) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Junior synonym of moerens: Naves, 1985: 65.

References

  • Naves, M. A. 1985. A monograph of the genus Pheidole in Florida, USA (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insecta Mundi 1: 53-90 (page 65, junior synonym of moerens)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1913e. Ants collected in the West Indies. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 32: 239-244 (page 241, soldier described)