Pheidole tethepa

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Pheidole tethepa
Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene Dominican amber, Dominican Republic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: P. tethepa
Binomial name
Pheidole tethepa
Wilson, 1985

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Dominican amber, Dominican Republic (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • tethepa. †Pheidole tethepa Wilson, 1985a: 5, figs. 4, 5 (w.) DOMINICAN AMBER (Miocene). See also: Baroni Urbani, 1995: 13.

Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology, without number.

Description

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