Pheidole arizonica

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Pheidole arizonica
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole obtusospinosa)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole arizonica
Santschi, 1911

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

Nomenclature

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

  • arizonica. Pheidole arizonica Santschi, 1911d: 3, fig. (s.) U.S.A. Subspecies of vasliti: Creighton, 1950a: 192. Junior synonym of subdentata: Creighton, 1958: 211; Gregg, 1959: 31.

References

  • Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 192, subspecies of vasliti)
  • Creighton, W. S. 1958 [1957]. A revisionary study of Pheidole vasliti Pergande (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 65: 203-212 (page 211, junior synonym of subdentata)
  • Gregg, R. E. 1959 [1958]. Key to the species of Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the United States. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 66: 7-48 (page 31, junior synonym of subdentata)
  • Santschi, F. 1911d [1909]. Formicides récoltés par Mr. le Prof. F. Silvestri aux Etats Unis en 1908. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 41: 3-7 (page 3, fig. soldier)
  • Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.: 794pp (page 587, Junior synonym of obtusospinosa)