Pheidole spinosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Pheidolini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole spinosa

Name

Pheidole spinosa Forel, 1891: 178

Synonymy

• Pheidole megacephala var. spinosa Forel, 1891: 178 [basionym]
  • Pheidole spinosa — Salata & Fisher, 2022: 17 [status as species; redescription]
• Pheidole decepticon Fischer & Fisher, 2013 [synonym in Salata & Fisher, 2022: 20]
• Pheidole megacephala scabrior Forel, 1891
• Pheidole picata Forel, 1891 [synonym in Salata & Fisher, 2022: 16]
• Pheidole picata bernhardae Emery, 1915
• Pheidole picata gietleni Forel, 1905 [synonym in Salata & Fisher, 2022: 19]

References

Primary references

• Forel, A.H. 1891: Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie: Les Formicides. Pages 1–280 in Grandidier, A. Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar. L'Imprimerie Nationale, Paris. [original description: p. 178]
• Salata, S. & Fisher, B.L. 2022. Taxonomic revision of the Pheidole megacephala species-group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Malagasy Region. PeerJ 10: e13263. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13263 . Reference page.  [stat. nov. & syn. nov.: p. 17]