Pheidole greggi

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Pheidole greggi
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 greggi
Naves, 1985

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.

  • greggi. Pheidole greggi Naves, 1985: 62, figs. 21, 45, 57 (s.w.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of flavens: Wilson, 2003: 419.

References

  • Naves, M. A. 1985. A monograph of the genus Pheidole in Florida, USA (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insecta Mundi 1: 53-90 (page 62, figs. 21, 45, 57 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)