Pheidole subdentata

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Pheidole subdentata
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Pheidole obtusospinosa)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole subdentata
Pergande, 1896

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Pheidole obtusospinosa.

Nomenclature

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

  • subdentata. Pheidole subdentata Pergande, 1896: 888 (w.) MEXICO. [Junior secondary homonym of subdentata Mayr, above.] Subspecies of vasliti: Wheeler, W.M. 1914b: 50. Revived status as species: Creighton, 1958: 211. Senior synonym of obtusospinosa: Wheeler, W.M. 1914b: 50; of arizonica: Creighton, 1958: 211. Replacement name: obtusospinosa Pergande, 1896: 889; first available replacement name for subdentata Pergande: Bolton, 1995b: 326.

References

  • Mayr, G. 1853b. Einige neue Ameisen. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ver. Wien 2: 143-150 (page 145, soldier, worker described)
  • Mayr, G. 1855. Formicina austriaca. Beschreibung der bisher im österreichischen Kaiserstaate aufgefundenen Ameisen, nebst Hinzufügung jener in Deutschland, in der Schweiz und in Italien vorkommenden Arten. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ver. Wien 5: 273-478 (page 456, junior synonym of pallidula)
  • Creighton, W. S. 1958 [1957]. A revisionary study of Pheidole vasliti Pergande (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 65: 203-212 (page 211, revived status as species)
  • Creighton, W. S. 1958 [1957]. A revisionary study of Pheidole vasliti Pergande (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 65: 203-212 (page 211, senior synonym of arizonica)
  • Pergande, T. 1896. Mexican Formicidae. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (2) 5: 858-896 (page 888, worker described)
  • Pergande, T. 1896. Mexican Formicidae. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (2) 5: 858-896 (page 889, replacement name: obtusospinosa Pergande; first available replacement name for subdentata Pergande)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1914c. Ants collected by W. M. Mann in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 22: 37-61 (page 50, subspecies of valsiti)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1914c. Ants collected by W. M. Mann in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 22: 37-61 (page 50, senior synonym of obtusospinosa)