Pheidole ceres tepaneca

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Pheidole ceres tepaneca
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole ceres)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole ceres tepaneca
Wheeler, W.M., 1914

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

Nomenclature

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

  • tepaneca. Pheidole ceres subsp. tepaneca Wheeler, W.M. 1914b: 46 (s.w.q.) MEXICO. Junior synonym of ceres: Wilson, 2003: 570.

References

  • Wheeler, W. M. 1914c. Ants collected by W. M. Mann in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 22: 37-61 (page 46, soldier, worker, queen described)
  • Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.: 794pp (page 570, Junior synonym of ceres)