Pheidole picea Mayr

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Pheidole picea Mayr
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Pheidole piceonigra)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole picea Mayr
Mayr, 1870

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Pheidole piceonigra.

Nomenclature

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

  • picea. Pheidole picea Mayr, 1870b: 988 (s.w.) MEXICO. [Junior secondary homonym of picea Buckley, above.] Replacement name: piceonigra Emery, 1922e: 109.

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