Pheidole lacerta

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Pheidole lacerta
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)