Pheidole pallidula recticeps

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Pheidole pallidula recticeps
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole cicatricosa)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole pallidula recticeps
Menozzi, 1932

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

Nomenclature

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

  • recticeps. Pheidole pallidula var. recticeps Menozzi, 1932e: 452 (s.w.) EGYPT.
    • [First available use of Pheidole pallidula subsp. tristis var. recticeps Forel, 1909e: 391; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • Subspecies of pallidula: Menozzi, 1932e: 452; Menozzi, 1934: 154; Menozzi, 1940: 268; Bolton, 1995b: 328.
    • Junior synonym of cicatricosa: Seifert, 2016b: 13.

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