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Pheidole niapuana
| Pheidole niapuana | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole pulchella) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | Pheidole niapuana Wheeler, W.M., 1922
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole pulchella.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- niapuana. Pheidole niapuana Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 136, fig. 34 (s.w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Junior synonym of pulchella: Santschi, 1930a: 59.
References
- Fischer, G., Hita Garcia, F., & Peters, M.K. 2012. Taxonomy of the ant genus Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographic region: definition of species groups and systematic revision of the Pheidole pulchella group. Zootaxa, 3232, 1-43.
- Santschi, F. 1930a. Description de Formicides éthiopiens nouveaux ou peu connus. V. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 70: 49-77 (page 59, junior synonym of pulchella)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 136, fig. 34 soldier, worker described)