Pheidolacanthinus armatus

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Pheidolacanthinus armatus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole quadrispinosa)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidolacanthinus armatus
Smith, F., 1865

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

Nomenclature

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

  • armatus. Pheidolacanthinus armatus Smith, F. 1865: 75, pl. 4, fig. 8 (s.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of quadrispinosa: Donisthorpe, 1938a: 144.

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