Xenoaphaenogaster inquilina

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Xenoaphaenogaster inquilina
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole pallidula)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Xenoaphaenogaster inquilina
Baroni Urbani, 1964

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

Nomenclature

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

  • inquilina. Xenoaphaenogaster inquilina Baroni Urbani, 1964b: 50, figs. 15, 16 (w.) ITALY (Sicily). [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of Epipheidole inquilina Wheeler, W.M. 1903f: 664.] Junior synonym of pallidula: Bolton, 1987: 291.

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