Pheidole hondurensis

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Pheidole hondurensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole subarmata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole hondurensis
Mann, 1922

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

Nomenclature

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

  • hondurensis. Pheidole (Elasmopheidole) hondurensis Mann, 1922: 25, fig. 12 (s.w.) HONDURAS. Junior synonym of subarmata: Brown, 1981: 526.

References

  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1981. Preliminary contributions toward a revision of the ant genus Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Part I. J. Kans. Entomol. Soc. 54: 523-530 (page 526, junior synonym of subarmata)
  • Mann, W. M. 1922. Ants from Honduras and Guatemala. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 61: 1-54 (page 25, figs. 12 soldier, worker described)