Pheidole rinae incensa

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Pheidole rinae incensa
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole pieli)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole rinae incensa
Wheeler, W.M., 1928

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

Nomenclature

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

  • incensa. Pheidole rinae subsp. incensa Wheeler, W.M. 1928c: 13 (s.w.) CHINA. Junior synonym of pieli: Eguchi, Yamane & Zhou, 2007: 265.

References

  • Wheeler, W. M. 1928c. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in China. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 22: 3-38 (page 13, soldier, worker described)