Pheidole commutata

Pheidole commutata
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole dentata)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Pheidole
Species:	Pheidole commutata; Mayr, 1886

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

Nomenclature

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

commutata. Pheidole commutata Mayr, 1886d: 459 (s.w.) U.S.A. Subspecies of dentata: Forel, 1901e: 352; Wheeler, W.M. 1908e: 460. Revived status as species: Emery, 1922e: 104. Senior synonym of tennesseensis: Cole, 1948: 82. Junior synonym of dentata: Creighton, 1950a: 178.

Cole, A. C., Jr. 1948. A synonym of Pheidole dentata var. commutata Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 50: 82 (page 82, senior synonym of tennesseensis)
Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 178, junior synonym of dentata)
Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 104, revived status as species)
Forel, A. 1901j. Variétés myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 45: 334-382 (page 352, variety of dentata)
Mayr, G. 1886d. Die Formiciden der Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 36: 419-464 (page 459, soldier, worker described)
Wheeler, W. M. 1908h. The ants of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. (Part I.). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 399-485 (page 460, variety of dentata)