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Pheidole fallax columbica
| Pheidole fallax columbica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole fallax) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | Pheidole fallax columbica Forel, 1886 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole fallax.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- columbica. Pheidole fallax r. columbica Forel, 1886b: xliv (s.) COLOMBIA. Raised to species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 89; Forel, 1899c: 66. Subspecies of fallax: Wheeler, W.M. 1908a: 133 (in key); Emery, 1922e: 101. Junior synonym of fallax: Wilson, 2003: 290.
References
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 89, raised to species)
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 101, subspecies of fallax)
- Forel, A. 1886b. Espèces nouvelles de fourmis américaines. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 30:xxxviii-xlix. (page xliv, soldier described)
- Forel, A. 1899e. Formicidae. [part]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 57-80 (page 66, raised to species)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1908a. The ants of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 117-158 (page 113, subspecies of fallax)
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.: 794pp (page 290, Junior synonym of fallax)