Pheidole strobeli silvicola

Pheidole strobeli silvicola
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole nitidula)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Pheidole
Species:	Pheidole strobeli silvicola; Borgmeier, 1927

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

Nomenclature

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

silvicola. Pheidole strobeli subsp. silvicola Borgmeier, 1927b: 61 (s.w.) BRAZIL. [Also described as new by Borgmeier, 1928a: 39.] Subspecies of nitidula: Santschi, 1929d: 283. Junior synonym of nitidula: Wilson, 2003: 328.