Pheidole flavens spei

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Pheidole flavens spei
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 flavens spei
Santschi, 1930

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.

  • spei. Pheidole flavens st. spei Santschi, 1930e: 77 (s.w.) CUBA. Junior synonym of flavens: Wilson, 2003: 419.

References

  • Santschi, F. 1930e. Quelques fourmis de Cuba et du Brésil. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Egypte 14: 75-83 (page 77, soldier, 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 419, Junior synonym of flavens)