Pheidole buckleyi

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Pheidole buckleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: P. buckleyi
Binomial name
Pheidole buckleyi
Smith, M.R., 1951
Synonyms

This taxon considered to be unidentifiable and its identity is uncertain.

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on type material

United States (type locality).

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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • pennsylvanica. Atta pennsylvanica Buckley, 1867: 345 (s.w.) U.S.A. Combination in Pheidole: Emery, 1895c: 338. [Junior secondary homonym of pennsylvanica Roger, above.] Replacement name: buckleyi: Smith, M.R. 1951a: 806.
  • buckleyi. Pheidole buckleyi Smith, M.R. 1951a: 806. Replacement name for Atta pennsylvanica Buckley, 1867: 345. [Junior secondary homonym of Pheidole pennsylvanica Roger, 1863a: 199.] Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Myrmicinae: Smith, D.R. 1979: 1414; incertae sedis in Pheidole: Bolton, 1995b: 318.

Description

References

  • Buckley, S. B. 1867. Descriptions of new species of North American Formicidae (continued from page 172.). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phila. 6: 335-350 (page 345, replacement name for Atta pennsylvanica)
  • Roger, J. 1863a. Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7: 131-214 (page 199, junior secondary homonym of Pheidole pennsylvanica)
  • Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, P. D., Smith, D. R., Burks, B. D. (eds.) Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209. (page 1414, unplaced taxon)
  • Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F., Krombein, K. V., Townes, H. K. (eds.) Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. U. S. Dep. Agric. Agric. Monogr. 2:1-1420. (page 806, Pheidole buckleyi Smith 1951)