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Pheidole wheeleri
| Pheidole wheeleri | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole polita) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | Pheidole wheeleri Mann, 1916
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pheidole polita.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- wheeleri. Pheidole (Pheidole) wheeleri Mann, 1916: 431, pl. 3, fig. 23 (s.w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of polita: Wilson, 2003: 734.
References
- Mann, W. M. 1916. The Stanford Expedition to Brazil, 1911, John C. Branner, Director. The ants of Brazil. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60: 399-490 (page 431, pl. 3, fig. 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 734, Junior synonym of polita)