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Pheidole vasliti hirtula
| Pheidole hirtula | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole obtusospinosa) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | Pheidole vasliti hirtula Forel, 1899
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole obtusospinosa.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- hirtula. Pheidole vasliti var. hirtula Forel, 1899c: 65 (s.w.) MEXICO.
- Wheeler, W.M. 1909b: 232 (q.).
- Raised to species and senior synonym of acolhua: Creighton, 1958: 211.
- Junior synonym of obtusospinosa: Vázquez-Franco & Morrone, 2022: 15.
- See also: Wilson, 2003: 578.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 578, fig. major described)
- Baker, A.J., Heraty, J.M., Mottern, J., Hang, J.Z., Hines, H.M., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M. 2019. Inverse dispersal patterns in a group of ant parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae: Oraseminae) and their ant hosts. Systematic Entomology 45: 1–19 (doi:10.1111/syen.12371).
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 211, raised to species, and senior synonym of acolhua)
- Forel, A. 1899e. Formicidae. [part]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 57-80 (page 65, soldier, worker described)
- Varela-Hernández, F., Medel-Zosayas, B., Martínez-Luque, E.O., Jones, R.W., De la Mora, A. 2020. Biodiversity in central Mexico: Assessment of ants in a convergent region. Southwestern Entomologist 454: 673-686.
- Vázquez-Franco, C.M., Morrone, J.J. 2022. The genus Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Puebla, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93: e933820 (doi:10.22201/ib.20078706e.2022.93.3820).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1909b. Ants collected by Prof. F. Silvestri in Mexico. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 3: 228-238 (page 232, queen described)