Pheidole singaporensis

Pheidole singaporensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Pheidole
Species:	P. singaporensis
Binomial name
Pheidole singaporensis Özdikmen, 2010 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Pheidole singaporensis conicollis (Emery, 1900) Pheidole singaporensis continentis (Forel, 1911) Pheidole singaporensis pseudola Forel, 1915
Synonyms
Myrmica longipes Smith, F., 1857

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Philippines, Singapore (type locality).
Oriental Region: India, Pakistan.

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Castes

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Nomenclature

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

• longipes. Myrmica longipes Smith, F. 1857a: 70, pl. 1, fig. 6 (w.) SINGAPORE. Combination in Ischnomyrmex: Mayr, 1862: 739; Emery, 1922e: 114; in Aphaenogaster: Emery, 1895k: 470; Bingham, 1903: 272; in Pheidole (Isopheidole): Forel, 1912m: 765; in P. (Ischnomyrmex): Forel, 1913k: 49; Viehmeyer, 1914d: 608; in Pheidole: Bolton, 1995b: 324. Crawley, 1924: 391 (s.q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1953b: 80 (l.). Unresolved junior secondary homonym of Formica longipes Latreille, above: Bolton, 1995b: 324. Replacement name: singaporensis Özdikmen, 2010b: 804. See also: Eguchi, 2001b: 71.
• singaporensis. Pheidole singaporensis Özdikmen, 2010b: 804. Replacement name for Myrmica longipes Smith, F. 1857a: 70. [Junior secondary homonym of Formica longipes Latreille, 1802c: 233.] Current subspecies: nominal plus conicollis, continentis (unresolved junior homonym), pseudola.

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Myrmica longipes

Three worker syntypes in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Card with two syntypes labelled “Sing. 28,” card with a single syntype labelled “Singapore, Wallace.”

References

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