Taxonavigation

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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

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Pheidole spinosa Forel, 1891: 178

Synonymy

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  • 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

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Primary references

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  • 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]