Pheidole bos

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Pheidole bos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: P. bos
Binomial name
Pheidole bos
Forel, 1893

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies
Synonyms

The native Pheidole species most commonly seen in the south-west corner of WA (Heterick 2009).

Photo Gallery

  • Major worker, Stratton, Perth, Western Australia. Photo by Farhan Bokhari, 14 August 2011.
  • Minor worker, Stratton, Perth, Western Australia. Photo by Farhan Bokhari, 14 August 2011.
  • Major worker, Stratton, Perth, Western Australia. Photo by Farhan Bokhari, 14 August 2011.

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -22.5045° to -34.5241°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

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

Worker

Minor

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Pheidole bosWorker. Specimen code casent0908030. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Major

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Pheidole bosWorker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0908029. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Nomenclature

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

  • bos. Pheidole bos Forel, 1893d: 463 (s.) AUSTRALIA.
    • Forel, 1902h: 432 (w.q.).
    • Current subspecies: baucis, eubos.
  • perthensis. Pheidole ampla r. perthensis Crawley, 1922c: 24 (s.w.q.) AUSTRALIA.
    • Junior synonym of bos: Heterick, 2021: 19.
  • pyriformis. Pheidole pyriformis Clark, 1938: 371, figs. 10, 11 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA.
    • Junior synonym of bos: Heterick, 2021: 19.

Type Material

Description

References

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