Pheidole decepticon

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Pheidole decepticon
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole spinosa)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole decepticon
Fischer & Fisher, 2013

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Specimen Labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • decepticon. Pheidole decepticon Fischer & Fisher, 2013: 316, figs. 15A-F (s.w.) MAYOTTE.
    • Junior synonym of spinosa: Salata & Fisher, 2022: 20.

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