Pheidole teneriffana taina

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Pheidole teneriffana taina
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole indica)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole teneriffana taina
Aguayo, 1932

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MCZ-ENT00017003 Pheidole teneriffana subsp taina had.jpg

Type Specimen Label

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

Nomenclature

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

  • taina. Pheidole teneriffana subsp. taina Aguayo, 1932: 219 (s.) CUBA. Junior synonym of teneriffana: Wilson, 2003: 640.

References

  • Aguayo, C. G. 1932. Notes on West Indian ants. Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. 27: 215-227 (page 219, 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 640, Junior synonym of teneriffana)