Pheidole silvestrii

AntWiki: The Ants --- Online
Pheidole silvestrii
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole rosae)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole silvestrii
Emery, 1906

MCZ-ENT00020699 Pheidole silvestri hal.jpg

MCZ-ENT00020699 Pheidole silvestri had.jpg

Type Specimen Label

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

Nomenclature

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

  • silvestrii. Pheidole silvestrii Emery, 1906c: 146 (s.w.q.) ARGENTINA. Junior synonym of rosae: Wilson, 2003: 742.

References

  • Emery, C. 1906c [1905]. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XXVI. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 37: 107-194 (page 146, soldier, worker, queen described)