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Pheidole caffra bayeri
| Pheidole caffra bayeri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. caffra |
| Subspecies: | P. caffra bayeri |
| Trinomial name | |
| Pheidole caffra bayeri Forel, 1916 | |
Taylor et al. (2018) report this taxon running on the ground and as prey of Oecophylla longinoda in a Mangifera indica (mango) orchard in Benin.
Identification
A member of the speculifera species group.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -5.25° to -5.25°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo (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. |
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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. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- bayeri. Pheidole caffra r. bayeri Forel, 1916: 413 (s.w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
Taxonomic Notes
Taylor et al. (2018) - It is quite clear from the original description that true Pheidole caffra Emery 1895 (type image CASENT0904210, type location South Africa) does not have strongly marked sculpturation on the occiput and the frontal carinae reach the posterior quarter of the head; the colour also is given as ferruginous dull with the gaster piceous and shiny. Therefore, BT has raised the quite distinctive dark bayeri to full species status.
This species-rank treatment has not been followed by other authors.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1916. Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc. Rev. Suisse Zool. 24: 397-460 (page 413, soldier, worker described)
- Taylor, B., Agoinon, N., Sinzogan, A., Adandonon, A., Kouaguou, Y. N., Bello, S., Wargui, R., Anato, F., Ouagoussounon, I., Houngbo, H., Tchibozo, S., Todjihounde, R., Vayssieres, J.F. 2018. Records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Republic of Benin, with particular reference to the mango farm ecosystem. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 8(1): 6-29 (doi:10.12976/jib/2018.08.1.2).