Pheidole megacephala ilgii

Pheidole megacephala ilgii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Pheidole
Species:	P. megacephala
Subspecies:	P. megacephala ilgii
Trinomial name
Pheidole megacephala ilgii Forel, 1907

Identification

A member of the megacephala species group

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -19.08333° to -32.78333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Ethiopia (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.

Nomenclature

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

• ilgii. Pheidole rotundata subsp. ilgii Forel, 1907g: 82 (s.w.) ETHIOPIA.
  • [Also described as new by Forel, 1907g: 82 (s.w.).]
  • Subspecies of rotundata: Forel, 1913a: 128.
  • Subspecies of megacephala: Emery, 1915j: 236, 244; Emery, 1921f: 85; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 132, 813; Menozzi, 1930b: 81; Bolton, 1995b: 323.

References

• Emery, C. 1915i. Les Pheidole du groupe megacephala (Formicidae). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 4: 223-250 (page 236, subspecies of megacephala)
• Forel, A. 1907f. Fourmis d'Ethiopie récoltées par M. le baron Maurice de Rothschild en 1905. Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 26: 129-144 (page 139, queen, male described)
• Forel, A. 1907i. Ameisen von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika. Wiss. Ergeb. Reise Ostafr. 2: 75-92 (page 82, soldier, worker described)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 132, Subspecies of megacephala)