Pheidole oceanica nigriscapa

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Pheidole oceanica nigriscapa
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole fervens)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole oceanica nigriscapa
Santschi, 1928

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

Nomenclature

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

  • nigriscapa. Pheidole (Pheidole) oceanica var. nigriscapa Santschi, 1928a: 48, fig. 3 (s.w.) SAMOA. Junior synonym of fervens: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 45.

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