Pheidole opaca apterostigmoides
Pheidole opaca apterostigmoides | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole vorax) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Pheidole |
Species: | Pheidole opaca apterostigmoides Weber, 1943 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole vorax.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- apterostigmoides. Pheidole opaca subsp. apterostigmoides Weber, 1943b: 71, fig. 3 (s.w.) TRINIDAD. Subspecies of cephalica: Kempf, 1972a: 188. Junior synonym of cephalica: Wilson, 2003: 674; of vorax: Longino, 2009: 86.
References
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 188, subspecies of cephalica)
- Weber, N. A. 1943b. New ants from Venezuela and neighboring countries. Bol. Entomol. Venez. 2: 67-78 (page 71, fig. 3 soldier, worker described)
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.: 794pp (page 674, Junior synonym of cephalica)