Pheidole brevispinosa

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Pheidole brevispinosa
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cardiocondyla paradoxa)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Cardiocondyla
Species: Pheidole brevispinosa
Donisthorpe, 1948

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

Nomenclature

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

  • brevispinosa. Pheidole (Pheidolacanthinus) brevispinosa Donisthorpe, 1948d: 593 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of paradoxa: Smith, M.R. 1955d: 305.

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