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Pheidole minutissima
| Pheidole minutissima | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole sospes) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | Pheidole minutissima Kusnezov, 1952 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole sospes.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- minutissima. Pheidole minutissima Kusnezov, 1952b: 78 (s.w.) ARGENTINA. Junior synonym of sospes: Wilson, 2003: 509.
References
- Kusnezov, N. 1952d [1951]. El género Pheidole en la Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zool. Lilloana 12: 5-88 (page 78, soldier, 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 509, Junior synonym of sospes)