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Pheidole picata
| Pheidole picata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole spinosa) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | Pheidole picata Forel, 1891 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole spinosa.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- picata. Pheidole megacephala var. picata Forel, 1891b: 178 (s.w.) MADAGASCAR.
- Subspecies of megacephala: Forel, 1895a: 49.
- Subspecies of punctulata: Forel, 1897c: 186; Forel, 1905b: 163; Santschi, 1910c: 370.
- Raised to species: Emery, 1915j: 245; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1019.
- Junior synonym of megacephala: Fischer & Fisher, 2013: 333.
- Junior synonym of spinosa: Salata & Fisher, 2022: 18.
References
- Emery, C. 1915i. Les Pheidole du groupe megacephala (Formicidae). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 4: 223-250 (page 245, raised to species)
- Fischer, G. & Fisher, B.L. 2013. A revision of Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the islands of the Southwest Indian Ocean and designation of a neotype for the invasive Pheidole megacephala. Zootaxa 3683, 301–356.
- Forel, A. 1891c. Les Formicides. [part]. In: Grandidier, A. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie (28e fascicule). Paris: Hachette et Cie, v + 237 pp. (page 178, soldier, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1895a. Nouvelles fourmis de diverses provenances, surtout d'Australie. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 39: 41-49 (page 49, race/subspecies of megacephala)
- Forel, A. 1897d. Ameisen aus Nossi-Bé, Majunga, Juan de Nova (Madagaskar), den Aldabra-Inseln und Sansibar, gesammelt von Herrn Dr. A. Voeltzkow aus Berlin. Mit einem Anhang über die von Herrn Privatdocenten Dr. A. Brauer in Marburg auf den Seychellen und von Herrn. Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges. 21: 185-208 (page 186, race/subspecies of punctulata)
- Forel, A. 1905e. Miscellanea myrmécologiques II (1905). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 49: 155-185 (page 163, race/subspecies of punctulata)
- Salata, S., Fisher, B.L. 2022. Taxonomic revision of the Pheidole megacephala species-group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Malagasy Region. PeerJ 10: e13263 (doi:10.7717/peerj.13263).
- Santschi, F. 1910c [1909]. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 78: 349-400 (page 370, race/subspecies of punctulata)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922k. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 4 45: 1005-1055 (page 1019, raised to species)