Pheidole oregonica

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Pheidole oregonica
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole californica)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole oregonica
Emery, 1895

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

Nomenclature

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

  • oregonica. Pheidole oregonica Emery, 1895c: 291 (s.w.) U.S.A. Wheeler, W.M. 1915b: 408 (q.). Subspecies of californica: Wheeler, W.M. 1915b: 407; Creighton, 1950a: 173. Senior synonym of hagermani: Creighton, 1950a: 173; of shoshoni: Gregg, 1959: 19. Junior synonym of californica: Wilson, 2003: 564.

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