Pheidole decarinata

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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

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Mali, Sudan (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

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Pheidole decarinataWorker. 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.

Description

References

]).

  • 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.