Pheidole pallidula tristior

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Pheidole pallidula tristior
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: P. pallidula
Subspecies: P. pallidula tristior
Trinomial name
Pheidole pallidula tristior
Schmitz, 1950
Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Tunisia (type locality).

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Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • tristis. Pheidole pallidula var. tristis Forel, 1907b: 204 (q.) TUNISIA.
    • [Junior secondary homonym of Myrmica tristis Smith, F. 1858b: 132 (Bolton, 1995b: 332).]
    • Santschi, 1908: 521 (s.q.m.).
    • Subspecies of pallidula: Santschi, 1908: 521; Karavaiev, 1912a: 4; Emery, 1915j: 226; Emery, 1921f: 86; Karavaiev, 1926b: 104; Santschi, 1932g: 3; Santschi, 1936c: 200; Donisthorpe, 1942a: 27; Bolton, 1995b: 332.
    • Replacement name: Pheidole pallidula tristior Schmitz, 1950: 16.
  • tristior. Pheidole pallidula tristior Schmitz, 1950: 16.
    • Replacement name for Pheidole pallidula var. tristis Forel, 1907b: 204. [Junior secondary homonym of Myrmica tristis Smith, F. 1858b: 132.]
    • Senior synonym of tasdelenia (unnecessary (second) replacement name for tristis Forel, 1907b: 204).
  • tasdelenia. Pheidole pallidula tasdelenia Özdikmen, 2010b: 805.
    • Unnecessary (second) replacement name for Pheidole pallidula var. tristis Forel, 1907b: 204. [Junior secondary homonym of Myrmica tristis Smith, F. 1858b: 132.]
    • Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 144 (error).
    • Junior synonym of tristior (first replacement name).

Description

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