Pheidole fimbriata tucumana

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Pheidole fimbriata tucumana
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole fimbriata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole fimbriata tucumana
Forel, 1913

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

Nomenclature

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

  • tucumana. Pheidole fimbriata var. tucumana Forel, 1913l: 228 (s.) ARGENTINA. Forel, 1915c: 355 (w.). Combination in P. (Macropheidole): Emery, 1921f: 81. Junior synonym of fimbriata: Wilson, 2003: 690.

References

  • Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 81, Combination in P. (Macropheidole))
  • Forel, A. 1913m. Fourmis d'Argentine, du Brésil, du Guatémala & de Cuba reçues de M. M. Bruch, Prof. v. Ihering, Mlle Baez, M. Peper et M. Rovereto. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 49: 203-250 (page 228, soldier described)
  • Forel, A. 1915c. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. IIe partie. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 50: 335-364 (page 355, worker described)
  • Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.: 794pp (page 690, Junior synonym of fimbriata)