Pheidole arnoldi rufescens

Pheidole arnoldi rufescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Pheidole
Species:	P. arnoldi
Subspecies:	P. arnoldi rufescens
Trinomial name
Pheidole arnoldi rufescens Arnold, 1920

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Zimbabwe (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Nomenclature

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

• rufescens. Pheidole arnoldi var. rufescens Arnold, 1920a: 449 (s.w.) ZIMBABWE. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of rufescens Wheeler, above (Bolton, 1995b: 329).] [The proposed replacement name sipapomae Baroni Urbani, 1971b: 361, is unavailable.]

References

• Arnold, G. 1920a. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part IV. Myrmicinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 403-578 (page 449, soldier, worker described)
• Baroni Urbani, C. 1971b. Einige Homonymien in der Familie Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 44: 360-362 (page 361, unresolved junior primary homonym of rufescens Wheeler. The proposed replacement name sipapomae is unavailable.)