Pheidole anthracina orba
Pheidole anthracina orba | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Pheidole |
Species: | P. anthracina |
Subspecies: | P. anthracina orba |
Trinomial name | |
Pheidole anthracina orba Forel, 1902 |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
Estimated Abundance
Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- orba. Pheidole anthracina r. orba Forel, 1902h: 421 (s.w.q.) AUSTRALIA.
- Subspecies of anthracina: Emery, 1922e: 96; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 75; Bolton, 1995b: 326.
Type Material
- Syntype, 1 worker, Wollongbar, Richmond River, New South Wales, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), Wollongbar, Richmond River, New South Wales, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 405-548 (page 421, soldier, worker, queen described)