Pheidole arenicola

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Pheidole arenicola
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Pheidole areniphila)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole arenicola
Forel, 1910

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Pheidole areniphila.

Nomenclature

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

  • arenicola. Pheidole arenicola Forel, 1910f: 11 (s.w.q.m.) BOTSWANA. [Junior primary homonym of arenicola Emery, above.] Replacement name: areniphila Forel, 1910a: 30 (footnote).

References

  • Emery, C. 1894h. [Untitled.]. Pp. 373-401 in: Ihering, H. von. Die Ameisen von Rio Grande do Sul. Berl. Entomol. Z. 39:321-447. (page 390, soldier, worker described)
  • 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 370, subspecies of fallax)
  • Santschi, F. 1923d. Pheidole et quelques autres fourmis néotropiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 63: 45-69 (page 58, subspecies of fallax)
  • Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.: 794pp (page 307, Junior synonym of jelskii)