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Pheidole ridicula
| Pheidole ridicula | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole absurda) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | Pheidole ridicula Wheeler, W.M., 1916
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole absurda.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- ridicula. Pheidole ridicula Wheeler, W.M. 1916f: 29, fig. 1 (s.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of absurda: Wilson, 2003: 646. See also: Creighton, 1966b: 1.
References
- Creighton, W. S. 1966b. The habits of Pheidole ridicula Wheeler with remarks on habit patterns in the genus Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 73:1-7. [1966-08-31] (page 1, see also)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1916i. Two new ants from Texas and Arizona. Proc. N. Engl. Zool. Club 6: 29-35 (page 29, fig. 1 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 646, Junior synonym of absurda)