Pheidole gauthieri oxymora

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Pheidole gauthieri oxymora
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole gauthieri)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole gauthieri oxymora
Forel, 1912

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

Nomenclature

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

  • oxymora. Pheidole gauthieri var. oxymora Forel, 1912f: 233 (s.w.) PANAMA. Junior synonym of gauthieri: Wilson, 2003: 693.

References

  • Forel, A. 1912g. Formicides néotropiques. Part III. 3me sous-famille Myrmicinae (suite). Genres Cremastogaster et Pheidole. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 19: 211-237 (page 233, 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 693, Junior synonym of gauthieri)