Pheidole triconstricta ambulans

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Pheidole triconstricta ambulans
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole triconstricta)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole triconstricta ambulans
Emery, 1906

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

Nomenclature

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

  • ambulans. Pheidole triconstricta var. ambulans Emery, 1906c: 153 (s.w.) ARGENTINA. Forel, 1913l: 230 (m.); Santschi, 1919f: 40 (q.). Junior synonym of triconstricta: Wilson, 2003: 241.

References

  • Emery, C. 1906c [1905]. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XXVI. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 37: 107-194 (page 153, soldier, worker described)
  • Forel, A. 1913m. Fourmis d'Argentine, du Brésil, du Guatémala & de Cuba reçues de M. M. Bruch, Prof. v. Ihering, Mlle Baez, M. Peper et M. Rovereto. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 49: 203-250 (page 230, male described)
  • Santschi, F. 1919f. Nouveaux formicides de la République Argentine. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 87: 37-57 (page 40, queen described)
  • Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.: 794pp (page 241, Junior synonym of triconstricta)