Pheidole monticola

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Pheidole monticola
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole cameroni)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole monticola
Cameron, 1891

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

Nomenclature

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

  • monticola. Pheidole monticola Cameron, 1891: 93, fig. (s.w.q.) ECUADOR. Junior synonym of cameroni: Cameron, 1892: 67.

References

  • Cameron, P. 1891. Appendix. Hym. Formicidae. Pp. 89-95 in: Whymper, E. Travels amongst the Great Andes. London: J. Murray, xxii + 147 pp. (page 93, fig. soldier, worker, queen described)
  • Cameron, P. 1892. Synonymical notes on Cynipidae and Formicidae. Entomol. Mon. Mag. 28: 67 (page 67, junior synonym of cameroni)