Pheidole cordiceps lilianae

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Pheidole cordiceps lilianae
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole cordiceps)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole cordiceps lilianae
Forel, 1912

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

Nomenclature

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

  • lilianae. Pheidole cordiceps var. lilianae Forel, 1912f: 232 (s.w.q.m.) ARGENTINA. Subspecies of cordiceps: Kusnezov, 1952b: 66 (in key). Junior synonym of cordiceps: Wilson, 2003: 279.

References

  • Forel, A. 1912g. Formicides néotropiques. Part III. 3me sous-famille Myrmicinae (suite). Genres Cremastogaster et Pheidole. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 19: 211-237 (page 232, soldier, worker, queen, male described)
  • Kusnezov, N. 1952d [1951]. El género Pheidole en la Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zool. Lilloana 12: 5-88 (page 66, subspecies of cordiceps (in key))
  • Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.: 794pp (page 279, Junior synonym of cordiceps)