Pheidole megacephala obtusa

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Pheidole megacephala obtusa
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole jordanica)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole megacephala obtusa
Stitz, 1917

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

Nomenclature

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

  • obtusa. Pheidole megacephala r. obtusa Stitz, 1917: 340, fig. 8 (s.) EGYPT. Junior synonym of jordanica: Finzi, 1936: 161.

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