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Pheidole metallescens splendidula
| Pheidole metallescens splendidula | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole metallescens) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | Pheidole metallescens splendidula Wheeler, W.M., 1908
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole metallescens.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- splendidula. Pheidole metallescens subsp. splendidula Wheeler, W.M. 1908e: 474, pl. 26, figs. 20, 21 (s.w.q.m.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of metallescens: Wilson, 2003: 453.
References
- Wheeler, W. M. 1908h. The ants of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. (Part I.). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 399-485 (page 474, pl. 26, figs. 20, 21 soldier, worker, queen, male 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 453, Junior synonym of metallescens)