Pheidole desertorum maricopa

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Pheidole desertorum maricopa
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole desertorum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole desertorum maricopa
Wheeler, W.M., 1906

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

Nomenclature

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

  • maricopa. Pheidole desertorum var. maricopa Wheeler, W.M. 1906d: 339 (s.w.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of desertorum: Creighton, 1950a: 178.

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