Inconvenient hyperdiversity - the traditional concept of “ PheIdole pallIdula ” includes four cryptic species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Author
Bernhard Seifert
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Soil Organisms
2016
88
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journal article
39144
10.5281/zenodo.270253
be6d3869-eeaa-4921-ae09-29094525c23d
270253
Pheidole pallidula selenia
Özdikmen, 2010
Pheidole
pallidula selenia
Özdikmen, 2010
was established as replacement name for
Pheidole pallidula
inermis
Stitz, 1917
that is a junior primary homonym of
Pheidole inermis
Mayr, 1870
. Lectotype and paralectotype are consistent with the type series of
Pheidole
obtusa
Stitz, 1917
both in RAV-corrected shape variables and subjectively described characters. The synonymy is obvious.
4.9. Problematic Taxa