Pheidole pilifera septentrionalis

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Pheidole pilifera septentrionalis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole pilifera)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole pilifera septentrionalis
Wheeler, W.M., 1908

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MCZ-ENT00020722 Pheidole pilifera var septenbrionalis had.jpg

Type Specimen Label

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

Nomenclature

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

  • septentrionalis. Pheidole pilifera subsp. septentrionalis Wheeler, W.M. 1908e: 437 (s.w.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of pilifera: Creighton, 1950a: 186.

References

  • Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 186, junior synonym of pilifera)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1908h. The ants of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. (Part I.). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 399-485 (page 437, soldier, worker described)