Pheidole rehi

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Pheidole rehi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole schmalzi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole rehi
Forel, 1900

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

Nomenclature

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

  • rehi. Pheidole rehi Forel, 1900e: 285 (s.w.q.m.) VENEZUELA. Junior synonym of schmalzi: Wilson, 2003: 504.

References

  • Forel, A. 1900i [1899]. Ueber nordamerikanische Ameisen. Verh. Ges. Dtsch. Naturforsch. Ärzte 71(2,1.H Haelfte: 239-242 (page 285, soldier, worker, queen, male 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 504, Junior synonym of schmalzi)