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Pheidole spielbergi
| Pheidole spielbergi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole spininodis) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | Pheidole spielbergi Emery, 1888 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole spininodis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- spielbergi. Pheidole spielbergi Emery, 1888c: 354 (s.w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of spininodis: Wilson, 2003: 756.
References
- Emery, C. 1888c [1887]. Formiche della provincia di Rio Grande do Sûl nel Brasile, raccolte dal dott. Hermann von Ihering. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 19: 352-366 (page 354, soldier, worker described)
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.: 794pp (page 756, Junior synonym of spininodis)