Pheidole bahai
Pheidole bahai | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Pheidole |
Species: | P. bahai |
Binomial name | |
Pheidole bahai (Forel, 1922) |
This taxon is considered to be unidentifiable and its identity is uncertain.
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on type material
United States (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.
- bahai. Tetramorium (Cephalomorium) bahai Forel, 1922: 91 (w.) U.S.A. Combination in Pheidole (Hendecapheidole): Santschi, 1925d: 228. Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Pheidole: Wilson, 2003: 779.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1922b. Glanures myrmécologiques en 1922. Rev. Suisse Zool. 30: 87-102 (page 91, worker described)
- Santschi, F. 1925d. Nouveaux Formicides brésiliens et autres. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 65: 221-247 (page 228, Combination in Pheidole (Hendecapheidole))
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.: 794pp (page 779, see also)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Forel A. 1922. Glanures myrmécologiques en 1922. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 30: 87-102.
- Smith M. R. 1955. Remarks concerning the types of five species of ants described by Roger or Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 50: 98-99.