Phidola

Phidola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Phidola Schulz, W.A., 1906
Type species
Not required

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

Nomenclature

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

• PHIDOLA [junior synonym of Pheidole]
  • Phidola Schulz, W.A. 1906: 155, unjustified emendation of Pheidole.
  • Phidola junior synonym of Pheidole: Smith, D.R. 1979: 1365.

References

• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 234, Phidola as junior synonym of Pheidole)
• Schulz, W. A. 1906. Spolia hymenopterologica. Paderborn: Junfermannsche Buchhandlung, 355 pp. (page 155, Phidola; Unjustified emendation of Pheidole)
• Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, P. D., Smith, D. R., Burks, B. D. (eds.) Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Pr (page 1365, Phidola as junior synonym of Pheidole)