Pheidole rhombinoda taprobanae

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Pheidole rhombinoda taprobanae
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole nodus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole rhombinoda taprobanae
Forel, 1902

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

Nomenclature

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

  • taprobanae. Pheidole rhombinoda var. taprobanae Forel, 1902c: 178 (s.), 195 (w.) SRI LANKA. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of taprobanae Smith, F. 1858b: 175, above.] [Also described as new by Forel, 1902f: 544.] Subspecies of rhombinoda: Forel, 1913e: 662; of noda: Santschi, 1937h: 371. Junior synonym of noda: Eguchi, 2008: 59.

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