Pheidole sitarches transvarians

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Pheidole sitarches transvarians
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole soritis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole sitarches transvarians
Wheeler, W.M., 1908

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

Nomenclature

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

  • transvarians. Pheidole sitarches var. transvarians Wheeler, W.M. 1908e: 442 (s.w.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of sitarches: Creighton, 1950a: 189; Gregg, 1959: 30; of soritis: Wilson, 2003: 598.

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