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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 13.54393596° to -25.067°.
Australasian Region: Australia, New Caledonia.
Indo-Australian Region: Cook Islands, Fiji (type locality), French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), New Guinea, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Islands.
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.
- oceanica. Pheidole oceanica Mayr, 1866a: 510 (s.w.q.m.) FIJI IS. Senior synonym of boraborensis, pattesoni, upoluana: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 48.
- pattesoni. Pheidole oceanica var. pattesoni Mann, 1919: 317 (s.w.) SOLOMON IS. Junior synonym of oceanica: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 48.
- upoluana. Pheidole (Pheidole) oceanica var. upoluana Santschi, 1928a: 47, fig. 3 (s.w.q.) SAMOA. Junior synonym of oceanica: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 48.
- boraborensis. Pheidole oceanica var. boraborensis Wheeler, W.M. 1932d: 15 (s.w.) FRENCH POLYNESIA (Society Is). Junior synonym of oceanica: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 48.
Type Material
- Syntype, worker(s), Ovalau, Viti, Fiji.
Description
References
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