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Pheidole sinaitica laticeps
| Pheidole sinaitica laticeps | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole jordanica) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | Pheidole sinaitica laticeps Mayr, 1904 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole jordanica.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- laticeps. Pheidole sinaitica subsp. laticeps Mayr, 1904b: 6 (s.w.) EGYPT. Junior synonym of jordanica: Emery, 1915j: 233 (name misspelled by Emery as latifrons.)
References
- Emery, C. 1915i. Les Pheidole du groupe megacephala (Formicidae). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 4: 223-250 (page 233, junior synonym of jordanica)
- Mayr, G. 1904b. Formiciden aus Ägypten und dem Sudan. In: Jägerskiöld, L. A. Results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Egypt and the White Nile, 1901. Part 1 (no. 9). Uppsala: Library of the Royal University of Uppsala, 11 pp. (page 6, soldier, worker described)