Pheidole froggatti

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Pheidole froggatti
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole antipodum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole froggatti
Forel, 1902

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

Nomenclature

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

  • froggatti. Pheidole froggatti Forel, 1902h: 414 (q.m.) AUSTRALIA. Forel, 1907h: 282 (s.w.). Combination in Pheidole (Allopheidole): Forel, 1912f: 237; in Pheidole (Anisopheidole): Forel, 1914c: 616. Senior synonym of lippulum: Brown, 1953h: 7; of myops: Emery, 1921f: 83. Junior synonym of antipodum: Ettershank, 1966: 132.

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