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Pheidole megacephala costauriensis
| Pheidole megacephala costauriensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. megacephala |
| Subspecies: | P. megacephala costauriensis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Pheidole megacephala costauriensis Santschi, 1914 | |
Identification
A member of the megacephala species group
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Benin, Ghana (type locality), Guinea.
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. |
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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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- costauriensis. Pheidole rotundata st. costauriensis Santschi, 1914a: 433 (s.) GHANA. Santschi, 1915c: 250 (w.). Currently subspecies of megacephala: Bolton, 1995b: 320.
Taxonomic Notes
Taylor et al. (2018) note that all available samples and the type major are dark brown contrasting with the yellow brown Pheidole megacephala rotundata (listed as a full species, without comment or justification). They therefore propose treating this taxon as a full species. This treatment has not been followed by later authors.
Description
References
- Taylor, B., Agoinon, N., Sinzogan, A., Adandonon, A., Kouaguou, Y. N., Bello, S., Wargui, R., Anato, F., Ouagoussounon, I., Houngbo, H., Tchibozo, S., Todjihounde, R., Vayssieres, J.F. 2018. Records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Republic of Benin, with particular reference to the mango farm ecosystem. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 8(1): 6-29 (doi:10.12976/jib/2018.08.1.2).