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Pheidole picata gietleni
| Pheidole picata gietleni | |
|---|---|
| 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 gietleni Forel, 1905 |
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.
- gietleni. Pheidole punctulata r. gietleni Forel, 1905b: 164 (s.w.) MADAGASCAR.
- Subspecies of picata: Emery, 1915j: 245.
- Junior synonym of megacephala: Fischer & Fisher, 2013: 333.
- Junior synonym of spinosa: Salata & Fisher, 2022: 19.
References
- Emery, C. 1915i. Les Pheidole du groupe megacephala (Formicidae). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 4: 223-250 (page 245, variety of picata)
- 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. 1905e. Miscellanea myrmécologiques II (1905). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 49: 155-185 (page 164, soldier, worker described)
- 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).
- 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 (see also)