Pheidole crassipes

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Pheidole crassipes
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole tristis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole crassipes
Mayr, 1887

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

Nomenclature

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

  • crassipes. Pheidole crassipes Mayr, 1887: 590 (s.), 600 (w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of tristis: Wilson, 2003: 769.

References

  • Mayr, G. 1887. Südamerikanische Formiciden. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 37: 511-632 (page 590, 600, soldier described, worker 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 769, Junior synonym of tristis)