Pheidole singaporensis continentis

Pheidole singaporensis continentis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Pheidole
Species:	P. singaporensis
Subspecies:	P. singaporensis continentis
Trinomial name
Pheidole singaporensis continentis (Forel, 1911)

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Singapore.
Oriental Region: Myanmar (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.

• continentis. Aphaenogaster (Ischnomyrmex) longipes var. continentis Forel, 1911a: 24 (w.) MYANMAR. [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of continentis Forel, above .] (Bolton, 1995b: 319).] Viehmeyer, 1914d: 608 (s.). Combination in Ischnomyrmex: Emery, 1922e: 114; in Pheidole: Bolton, 1995b: 319. Subspecies of singaporensis: Özdikmen, 2010b: 804.

References

• Wang, W.Y., Soh, E.J.Y., Yong, G.W.J., Wong, M.K.L., Benoit Guénard, Economo, E.P., Yamane, S. 2022. Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy. Asian Myrmecology 15: e015006 (doi:10.20362/am.015006).