Pheidole lacerta
Pheidole lacerta | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole transversostriata) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Pheidole |
Species: | Pheidole lacerta Wheeler, W.M., 1922 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole transversostriata.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- lacerta. Pheidole lacerta Wheeler, W.M. 1922c: 6 (s.) TRINIDAD. Junior synonym of transversostriata: Wilson, 2003: 645.
References
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922e. The ants of Trinidad. American Museum Novitates 45: 1-16 (page 6, soldier 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 645, Junior synonym of transversostriata)