Pheidole arciruga

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Pheidole arciruga
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole cavifrons)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole arciruga
Forel, 1908

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

Nomenclature

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

  • arciruga. Pheidole arciruga Forel, 1908c: 381 (w.) BRAZIL. Combination in P. (Elasmopheidole): Bruch, 1914: 219. Junior synonym of cavifrons: Wilson, 2003: 132.

References

  • Bruch, C. 1914. Catálogo sistemático de los formícidos argentinos. Rev. Mus. La Plata 19: 211-234 (page 219, Combination in P. (Elasmopheidole))
  • Forel, A. 1908h. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 58: 340-418 (page 381, worker described)
  • Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.: 794pp (page 132, Junior synonym of cavifrons)