Biology:Pheidole xerophila

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Short description: Species of ant

Pheidole xerophila
Pheidole xerophila casent0005774 dorsal 1.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species:
P. xerophila
Binomial name
Pheidole xerophila
Wheeler, 1908

Pheidole xerophila is a species of ant and a higher myrmicine in the family Formicidae.[1][2][3][4][5]

Like many other species in the genus Pheidole, the ants are dimorphic; colonies contain two castes of workers, "minor" and much larger "major" workers. [6]

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Wikidata ☰ Q14087044 entry