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Pheidole lobulata
| Pheidole lobulata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. lobulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole lobulata Emery, 1900
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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 lobulata. Worker. Specimen code casent0904285. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy. |
   
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| Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0906641. Photographer Estella Ortega, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by HNHM, Budapest, Hungary. |
   
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0906642. Photographer Estella Ortega, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by HNHM, Budapest, Hungary. |
   
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| Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0906643. Photographer Estella Ortega, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by HNHM, Budapest, Hungary. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- lobulata. Pheidole lobulata Emery, 1900c: 324 (s.w.) NEW GUINEA.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1900b. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio secunda. Természetr. Füz. 23: 310-338 (page 324, soldier, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Emery C. 1900. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio secunda. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23: 310-338.
- Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
- Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.