This history item belongs to Formica edax Forskål, 1775

Its current taxon owner(s) is Pheidole edax

[Note: Pheidole edax is perhaps not a Pheidole species, but if the synonymy is correct then Pheidole edax would have priority over Pheidole megacephala; however, under Art. 23.9 of ICZN (1999) Pheidole edax is a nomen oblitum.] 

[Note: {prott 169413} is perhaps not a {tax 429833} species, but if the synonymy is correct then {prott 169413} would have priority over {prott 169828}; however, under Art. 23.9 of ICZN (1999) {prott 169413} is a <i>nomen oblitum</i>.]
  • Item type: taxt
  • Created at: 2012-09-12
  • Updated at: 2022-07-12
Related records
Taxa belonging to this history item's protonym
Formica edax Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Pheidole edax (Forskål, 1775)
Pheidole edax Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
Other history items belonging to Formica edax
#264449 Junior synonym of Pheidole megacephala: Dalla Torre, 1892: 90; Emery, 1892c: 160; Dalla Torre, 1893: 92, 194 (footnote); Emery, 1915i: 235; Emery, 1921c: 85; Wheeler, 1922: 812; Bolton, 1995b: 320; Eguchi, 2001b: 77; Eguchi, 2008: 55; Fischer & Fisher, 2013: 332; Sarnat et al., 2015: 50.
#264450 (selected) [Note: Pheidole edax is perhaps not a Pheidole species, but if the synonymy is correct then Pheidole edax would have priority over Pheidole megacephala; however, under Art. 23.9 of ICZN (1999) Pheidole edax is a nomen oblitum.]