Pheidole pubiventris impia

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Pheidole pubiventris impia
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole rufipilis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole pubiventris impia
Santschi, 1923

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

Nomenclature

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

  • impia. Pheidole pubiventris st. impia Santschi, 1923d: 46 (s.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of rufipilis: Wilson, 2003: 226.

References

  • Santschi, F. 1923d. Pheidole et quelques autres fourmis néotropiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 63: 45-69 (page 46, soldier described)
  • Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.: 794pp (page 226, Junior synonym of rufipilis)