Pheidole proserpina
Pheidole proserpina | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole sciophila) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Pheidole |
Species: | Pheidole proserpina Wheeler, W.M., 1908 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole sciophila.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- proserpina. Pheidole proserpina Wheeler, W.M. 1908e: 437 (s.w.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of sciophila: Creighton & Gregg, 1955: 19.
References
- Creighton, W. S.; Gregg, R. E. 1955. New and little-known species of Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Univ. Colo. Stud. Ser. Biol. 3: 1-46 (page 19, junior synonym of sciophila)
- 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)