Pheidole tayrona

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Pheidole tayrona
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole sculptior)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole tayrona
Wilson, 2003

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

Nomenclature

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

  • tayrona. Pheidole tayrona Wilson, 2003: 518, figs. (s.w.) COLOMBIA. Junior synonym of sculptior: Longino, 2009: 74.

References

  • Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.: 794pp (page 518, fig. major, minor described)