Pheidole minutula folicola

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Pheidole minutula folicola
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole minutula)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole minutula folicola
Forel, 1904

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

Nomenclature

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

  • folicola. Pheidole minutula r. folicola Forel, 1904e: 681 (s.w.q.m.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of minutula: Wilson, 2003: 458.

References

  • Forel, A. 1904f. In und mit Pflanzen lebende Ameisen aus dem Amazonas-Gebiet und aus Peru, gesammelt von Herrn E. Ule. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 20: 677-707 (page 681, 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 458, Junior synonym of minutula)