Pheidole amia

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Pheidole amia
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole fervens)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole amia
Forel, 1912

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

Nomenclature

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

  • amia. Pheidole amia Forel, 1912a: 60 (s.w.) TAIWAN. Junior synonym of fervens: Eguchi, 2004: 197.

References

  • Eguchi, K. 2004. Taxonomic revision of two wide-ranging Asian ants, Pheidole fervens and P. indica (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Formicidae), and related species. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien B. Bot. Zool. 105(B): 189-209 (page 197, fig. 7a, junior synonym of fervens)
  • Forel, A. 1912a. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Formicidae (Hym.). Entomol. Mitt. 1: 45-61 (page 60, soldier, worker described)