Pheidole spininodis bruta

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Pheidole spininodis bruta
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 spininodis bruta
Santschi, 1934

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.

  • bruta. Pheidole (Pheidole) spininodis var. bruta Santschi, 1934c: 30 (s.) ARGENTINA. Junior synonym of spininodis: Wilson, 2003: 756.

References

  • Santschi, F. 1934c. Fourmis de Misiones et du Chaco argentin. Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 6: 23-34 (page 30, soldier 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 spininoids)