Pheidole reflexans

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Pheidole reflexans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: P. reflexans
Binomial name
Pheidole reflexans
Santschi, 1933

Pheidole reflexans casent0178047 profile 1.jpg

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Specimen labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -15.69305556° to -22.809943°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina (type locality), Paraguay.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Images from AntWeb

Pheidole reflexans casent0178048 head 1.jpgPheidole reflexans casent0178048 profile 1.jpgPheidole reflexans casent0178048 dorsal 1.jpgPheidole reflexans casent0178048 label 1.jpg
Worker. Specimen code casent0178048. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ALWC, Alex L. Wild Collection.

Nomenclature

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

  • reflexans. Pheidole (Pheidole) radoszkowskii var. reflexans Santschi, 1933e: 109 (s.w.) ARGENTINA. Junior synonym of radoszkowskii: Wilson, 2003: 221. Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Wild, 2007b: 53.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Santschi F. 1933. Fourmis de la République Argentine en particulier du territoire de Misiones. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina. 116: 105-124.
  • Wild, A. L. "A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Zootaxa 1622 (2007): 1-55.