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Pheidole lighti
| Pheidole lighti | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole capellinii) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | Pheidole lighti Wheeler, W.M., 1927
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole capellinii.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- lighti. Pheidole lighti Wheeler, W.M. 1927d: 2 (s.w.) CHINA. Junior synonym of capellinii: Zhou & Zheng, 1997d: 222. See also: Wu & Wang, 1995: 100.
References
- Wheeler, W. M. 1927d. Chinese ants collected by Professor S. F. Light and Professor N. Gist Gee. American Museum Novitates 255: 1-12 (page 2, soldier, worker described)
- Wu, J., Wang, C. 1995. The ants of China. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House, x + 214 pp. (page 100, see also)
- Zhou, S.; Zheng, Z. 1997c. A new synonym of Pheidole capellinii Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomotaxonomia 19(3): 222 (page 222, Junior synonym of capellinii)