Pheidologeton pygmaeus albipes

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Pheidologeton pygmaeus albipes
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.

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