Pheidole ridicula

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Pheidole ridicula
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole absurda)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole ridicula
Wheeler, W.M., 1916

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Lectotype Specimen Label a

Lectotype Specimen Label b

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

Nomenclature

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

  • ridicula. Pheidole ridicula Wheeler, W.M. 1916f: 29, fig. 1 (s.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of absurda: Wilson, 2003: 646. See also: Creighton, 1966b: 1.

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