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Pheidole kingi instabilis
| Pheidole kingi instabilis | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole tepicana) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | Pheidole kingi instabilis Emery, 1901
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole tepicana.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- instabilis. Pheidole kingi subsp. instabilis Emery, 1901b: 120 (s.w.) U.S.A. Wheeler, W.M. 1908e: 433 (q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1953b: 74 (l.). Junior synonym of tepicana: Creighton & Gregg, 1955: 24.
References
- Creighton, W. S.; Gregg, R. E. 1955. New and little-known species of Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Univ. Colo. Stud. Ser. Biol. 3: 1-46 (page 24, junior synonym of tepicana)
- Emery, C. 1901c. Remarques sur un petit groupe de Pheidole (Hymén. Formic.) de la région sonorienne. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1901: 119-121 (page 120, soldier, worker described)
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1953b. The ant larvae of the myrmicine tribe Pheidolini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 55: 49-84 (page 74, larva described)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1908h. The ants of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. (Part I.). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 399-485 (page 433, queen, male described)