Pheidologeton pygmaeus albipes
Pheidologeton pygmaeus albipes | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Carebara pygmaea) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Carebara |
Species: | Pheidologeton pygmaeus albipes Emery, 1893 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Carebara pygmaea.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- albipes. Pheidologeton pygmaeus var. albipes Emery, 1893g: 266 (w.) PHILIPPINES. Combination in Aneleus: Emery, 1924d: 214; in Pheidologeton: Ettershank, 1966: 118. Junior synonym of pygmeae: Fischer, Azorsa & Fisher, 2014: 72.
References
- Baltazar, C.R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758-1963). Pacific Insects Monographs 8: 1-488. (page 257, listed)
- Emery, C. 1893g. Voyage de M. E. Simon aux îles Philippines (mars et avril 1890). Formicides. Annales de la Société entomologique de France 62: 259-270. (page 266, worker described)
- Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 214, Combination in Aneleus)
- Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 118, Combination in Pheidologeton)
- Fischer, G., Azorsa, F. & Fisher, B.L. 2014. The ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): synonymisation of Pheidologeton Mayr under Carebara, establishment and revision of the C. polita species group. ZooKeys 438: 57–112.