Pheidole decarinata

Pheidole decarinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Pheidole
Species:	P. decarinata
Binomial name
Pheidole decarinata Santschi, 1929 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Mali, Sudan (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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Pheidole decarinata. Worker. Specimen code casent0913302. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• decarinata. Pheidole decarinata Santschi, 1929f: 86 (s.w.q.) SUDAN.

References

• Ashigar, M.A., Ab Majid, A.H. 2020. 16S rRNA metagenomic data of microbial diversity of Pheidole decarinata Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) workers. Data in Brief 31, 106037 (doi:10.1016/j.dib.2020.106037).
• Ashigar, M.A., Ab Majid, A.H. 2020. Diversity, abundance, and foraging behavior of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) scavenging on American Cockroach in various habitats of Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science 43: 503-521 (doi:10.47836/pjtas.43.4.07).
• Ashigar, M.A., Ab Majid, A.H. 2021. Morphological reassessments and DNA barcoding of Pheidole rugaticeps Emery and Pheidole decarinata Santschi collected in Nigeria. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 421, 403–413 (doi:[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs42690-021-00557-w 10.1007/s42690-021-00557-w

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• Santschi, F. 1929f. Mélange myrmécologique. Wien. Entomol. Ztg. 46: 84-93 (page 86, soldier, worker, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Bernard F. 1953. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19: 165-270.
• IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
• Santschi F. 1929. Mélange myrmécologique. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 46: 84-93.