Pheidole vinelandica longula

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Pheidole vinelandica longula
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole bicarinata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole vinelandica longula
Emery, 1895

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

Nomenclature

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

  • longula. Pheidole vinelandica var. longula Emery, 1895c: 292 (s.w.) U.S.A. Subspecies of bicarinata: Creighton, 1950a: 171; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1367. Raised to species: Cole, 1956c: 114. Junior synonym of bicarinata: Wilson, 2003: 561.

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