Pheidole pallidula recticeps
Pheidole pallidula recticeps | |
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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.
References
- Forel, A. 1909k. Études myrmécologiques en 1909. Fourmis de Barbarie et de Ceylan. Nidification des Polyrhachis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 45: 369-407 (page 391, First available use of Pheidole pallidula subsp. tristis var. recticeps Forel, 1909; unavailable name)
- Menozzi, C. 1932e. Spedizione scientifica all'Oasi di Cufra (marzo-luglio 1931). Formiche. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. "Giacomo Doria" 55: 451-456 (page 452, soldier, worker described)
- Seifert, B. 2016b. Inconvenient hyperdiversity – the traditional concept of “Pheidole pallidula” includes four cryptic species. Soil Organisms 88: 1-17.