Pheidole xerophila tucsonica

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Pheidole xerophila tucsonica
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole xerophila)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole xerophila tucsonica
Wheeler, W.M., 1908

MCZ-ENT00020738 Pheidole xerophila subsp tucsonica hal.jpg

MCZ-ENT00020738 Pheidole xerophila subsp tucsonica had.jpg

Type Specimen Label

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

Nomenclature

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

  • tucsonica. Pheidole xerophila subsp. tucsonica Wheeler, W.M. 1908e: 448 (s.w.) U.S.A. Creighton & Gregg, 1955: 42 (q.). Raised to species: Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1986g: 13. Junior synonym of xerophila: Wilson, 2003: 605.

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