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Pheidole proxima bombalensis
| Pheidole proxima bombalensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole rugosula) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | Pheidole proxima bombalensis Forel, 1910 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole rugosula.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- bombalensis. Pheidole proxima subsp. bombalensis Forel, 1910b: 43 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA.
- Raised to species: Clark, 1929: 121.
- Junior synonym of rugosula: Heterick, 2021: 19.
References
- Clark, J. 1929b. Results of a collecting trip to the Cann River, East Gippsland. Vic. Nat. (Melb.) 46: 115-123 (page 121, raised to species)
- Forel, A. 1910b. Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 1-94 (page 43, soldier, worker described)
- Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
- Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 77, subspecies of proxima)