Pheidole radoszkowskii discursans

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Pheidole radoszkowskii discursans
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole triconstricta)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole radoszkowskii discursans
Forel, 1912

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

Nomenclature

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

  • discursans. Pheidole radoszkowskii var. discursans Forel, 1912f: 223 (s.q.) PARAGUAY. [First available use of Pheidole radoszkowskii subsp. acuta var. discursans Forel, 1909a: 258; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of triconstricta: Wilson, 2003: 241.

References

  • Forel, A. 1909a. Ameisen aus Guatemala usw., Paraguay und Argentinien (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1909: 239-269 (page 258, first available use of Pheidole radoszkowskii subsp. acuta var. discursans; unavailable name.)
  • Forel, A. 1912g. Formicides néotropiques. Part III. 3me sous-famille Myrmicinae (suite). Genres Cremastogaster et Pheidole. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 19: 211-237 (page 223, soldier, queen 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 221, Junior synonym of triconstricta)