Pheidole exigua tuberculata

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Pheidole exigua tuberculata
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole flavens)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole exigua tuberculata
Mayr, 1887

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

Nomenclature

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

  • tuberculata. Pheidole exigua var. tuberculata Mayr, 1887: 585 (s.) BRAZIL. Subspecies of flavens: Emery, 1894c: 157. Junior synonym of flavens: Wilson, 2003: 419.

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