Pheidole californica pyramidensis

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Pheidole californica pyramidensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole californica)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole californica pyramidensis
Emery, 1922

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

Nomenclature

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

  • pyramidensis. Pheidole californica subsp. pyramidensis Emery, 1922e: 105. Replacement name for nevadensis Wheeler, W.M. 1915b: 408. [Junior primary homonym of nevadensis Forel, 1901e: 353.] Junior synonym of californica: Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1986g: 13.

References

  • Emery, C. 1922e. Quelques fourmis nouvelles minuscules. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 19: 107-112 (page 105, Pheidole)
  • Forel, A. 1901j. Variétés myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 45: 334-382 (page 353, junior primary homonym of nevadensis)
  • Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1986g. The ants of Nevada. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, vii + 138 pp. (page 13, junior synonym of californica)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1915b. Some additions to the North American ant-fauna. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 34: 389-421 (page 408, replacement name for nevadensis Wheeler, 1922)