Pheidole terresi illota

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Pheidole terresi illota
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole terresi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole terresi illota
Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914

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

Nomenclature

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

  • illota. Pheidole terresi var. illota Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914: 23 (s.w.) HAITI. Junior synonym of terresi: Wilson, 2003: 523.

References

  • Wheeler, W. M. 1922a. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. I. On the distribution of the ants of the Ethiopian and Malagasy regions. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 13-37 (page 23, 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 523, Junior synonym of terresi)