Oecophthora pusilla

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Oecophthora pusilla
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole megacephala)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Oecophthora pusilla
Heer, 1852

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

Nomenclature

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

  • pusilla. Oecophthora pusilla Heer, 1852: 15, pl. 1, figs. 1-4 (s.w.q.m.) PORTUGAL (Madeira I.). Combination in Pheidole: Smith, F. 1858b: 173. Subspecies of megacephala: Emery, 1915j: 235. Senior synonym of janus: Mayr, 1886c: 360; of laevigata Smith: Roger, 1859: 259; Emery, 1915j: 235; of laevigata Mayr: Mayr, 1870b: 981 (footnote). Junior synonym of megacephala: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 812.

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