Pheidole rugosula

Pheidole rugosula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Pheidole
Species:	P. rugosula
Binomial name
Pheidole rugosula Forel, 1902 Type Specimen Label
Synonyms
Pheidole proxima bombalensis Forel, 1910

At a Glance

• Limited invasive

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -36.91666667° to -36.91666667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality), New Zealand.

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.

• rugosula. Pheidole variabilis var. rugosula Forel, 1902h: 423 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA.
  • Subspecies of variabilis: Emery, 1922e: 97; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 79; Bolton, 1995b: 329.
  • Status as species: Berry, et al. 1997: 29; Don, 2007: 131; Sarnat, et al. 2015: 70 (redescription).
• bombalensis. Pheidole proxima subsp. bombalensis Forel, 1910b: 43 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA.
  • Raised to species: Clark, 1929: 121.
  • Junior synonym of rugosula: Heterick, 2021: 19.

Type Material

• Pheidole variabilis rugosula: Syntype, 2 workers, Bong Bong, New South Wales, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Pheidole proxima bombalensis: Syntype, 2 workers, Bombala, New South Wales, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.

References

• Ashigar, M.A., Ab Majid, A.H. 2021. Morphological reassessments and DNA barcoding of Pheidole rugaticeps Emery and Pheidole decarinata Santschi collected in Nigeria. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 421, 403–413 (doi:[https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs42690-021-00557-w 10.1007/s42690-021-00557-w

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• Cerda, X., Arnan, X., Retana, J. 2013. Is competition a significant hallmark of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) ecology? Myrmecological News 18: 131-147.
• Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
• Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
• Horrocks, M., Marra, M., Baisden, W.T., Flenley, J., Feek, D., González Nualart, L., Haoa-Cardinali, S., Edmunds Gorman, T. 2013. Pollen, phytoliths, arthropods and high-resolution 14C sampling from Rano Kau, Easter Island: evidence for late Quaternary environments, ant (Formicidae) distributions and human activity. Journal of Paleolimnology 50, 417–432 (doi:10.1007/s10933-013-9735-5).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.
• Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.