Pheidole meihuashanensis

Pheidole meihuashanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Pheidole
Species:	P. meihuashanensis
Binomial name
Pheidole meihuashanensis Li & Chen, 1992

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China (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.

• meihuashanensis. Pheidole meihuashanensis Li & Chen, 1992: 57 (s.w.) CHINA. See also: Tang, Li, et al. 1995: 57.

References

• Li, S.; Chen, Y. 1992. Two new species of the ant genus Pheidole of China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Zhejiang Agric. Univ. 18(3 3: 55-57 (not seen)
• Zhong, Y. 2021. Taxonomy of the ant genus Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Fujian, China with description of a new species. Entomotaxonomia 43(4): 1-5 (doi:10.11680/entomotax.2021035).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Huang Jian-hua, Zhou Shan-yi. 2007. A checklist of family Formicidae of China - Myrmicinae (Part II) (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Journal of Guangxi Normal University : Natural Science Edition 25(1): 91-99.