Biology:Pheidole xerophila
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Short description: Species of ant
| Pheidole xerophila | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. xerophila
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| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole xerophila Wheeler, 1908
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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]
major and minor workers
References
- ↑ "Pheidole xerophila Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=581323. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ↑ "Pheidole xerophila species details". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/f0aab00a66ac477d4c646ecff05a010e. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ↑ "Pheidole xerophila". https://www.gbif.org/species/1322391. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ↑ "Pheidole xerophila Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/545011. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ↑ "AntWeb". California Academy of Sciences. https://www.antweb.org. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ↑ Muscedere, Mario L.; Traniello, James F. A. (February 17, 2012). "Division of Labor in the Hyperdiverse Ant Genus Pheidole Is Associated with Distinct Subcaste- and Age-Related Patterns of Worker Brain Organization". PLOS ONE (PLOS) 7 (2): e31618. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031618. PMID 22363686. Bibcode: 2012PLoSO...731618M.
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 unpublished communication.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.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q14087044 entry
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