Pheidole pallidula inermis

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Pheidole pallidula inermis
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Pheidole pallidula selenia)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole pallidula inermis
Stitz, 1917

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Pheidole pallidula selenia.

Nomenclature

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

  • inermis. Pheidole pallidula var. inermis Stitz, 1917: 340, fig. 6 (s.w.) ALGERIA. Unresolved junior primary homonym of inermis Mayr, above: Bolton, 1995b: 323. Replacement name: selenia Özdikmen, 2010b: 805.

References

  • Stitz, H. 1917. Ameisen aus dem westlichen Mittelmeergebiet und von den Kanarischen Inseln. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. 8: 333-353 (page 340, fig. 6 soldier, worker described)