Pheidole susannae atricolor

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Pheidole susannae atricolor
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole susannae)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole susannae atricolor
Forel, 1901

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Type Specimen Label

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

Nomenclature

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

  • atricolor. Pheidole susannae r. atricolor Forel, 1901e: 356 (s.w.q.m.) COLOMBIA. Junior synonym of susannae: Wilson, 2003: 351.

References

  • Forel, A. 1901j. Variétés myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 45: 334-382 (page 356, soldier, worker, queen, male 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 351, Junior synonym of susannae)