Pheidole sagana
Pheidole sagana | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole nitidicollis) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Pheidole |
Species: | Pheidole sagana Wheeler, W.M., 1934 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole nitidicollis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- sagana. Pheidole sagana Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 169 (s.w.) MEXICO. Junior synonym of nitidicollis: Longino, 2009: 58.See also: Wilson, 2003: 501.
References
- Wheeler, W. M. 1934g. Neotropical ants collected by Dr. Elisabeth Skwarra and others. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 77: 157-240 (page 169, soldier, worker 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 501, fig. major, minor described)