Protonym: Formica edax
| Authorship | Forskål, 1775: 84 |
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| Forms | w. |
| Bioregion | Palearctic |
| Locality | PROBABLY EGYPT |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: holotype (?) minor worker. Primary type locality: uncertain, probably Egypt (no further data) (P. Forskål). Primary type depository: unknown (no type material known to exist). |
| Type notes | 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) According to Horn & Kahle, 1935: 79, Forskål material should be in ZMUC. |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Formica edax | Species |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Pheidole edax (Forskål, 1775)
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Original combination |
| Pheidole edax | Species |
Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
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