Biology:Pheidole obtusospinosa
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Short description: Species of ant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. obtusospinosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole obtusospinosa Pergande, 1896
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Pheidole obtusospinosa is a species of ant and a higher myrmicine in the family Formicidae.[1][2][3][4][5]
Defence
Pheidole obstuspinosa has evolved big, chunky, squared heads, because they protect the colony from dangerous ant species, for example Eciton burchelli, the army ant, like blocking enterances to the colony.
References
- ↑ "Pheidole obtusospinosa Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=581119. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ↑ "Pheidole obtusospinosa species details". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/3245eb0b914895abae99e7638af0907d. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ↑ "Pheidole obtusospinosa". https://www.gbif.org/species/1321735. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ↑ "Pheidole obtusospinosa Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/1381895. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ↑ "AntWeb". California Academy of Sciences. https://www.antweb.org. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
Further reading
- Bolton, B. (2016). "Catalogue of the Ants of the World". unpublished communication. http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/3/31/NGC_May_2016.pdf. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- Huang, Ming H. (February 2010). "Multi-Phase Defense by the Big-Headed Ant, Against Raiding Army Ants". Journal of Insect Science 10 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1673/031.010.0101.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q14086417 entry
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