Pheidole exasperata fusiformis

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Pheidole exasperata fusiformis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole aglae)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole exasperata fusiformis
Viehmeyer, 1914

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

Nomenclature

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

  • fusiformis. Pheidole exasperata var. fusiformis Viehmeyer, 1914d: 607 (s.w.m.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of aglae: Eguchi, 2001a: 3.

References

  • Eguchi, K. 2001b. A taxonomic study on Asian Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): new synonymy, rank changes, lectotype designations and redescriptions. Insecta Koreana 18: 1-35 (page 3, Junior synonym of aglae)
  • Viehmeyer, H. 1914d. Mayr's Gattung Ischnomyrmex (Hym.) nebst Beschreibung einiger neuer Arten aus anderen Gattungen. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 37: 601-612 (page 607, soldier, worker, male described)