Pheidole spathifera yerburyi

Pheidole spathifera yerburyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Pheidole
Species:	P. spathifera
Subspecies:	P. spathifera yerburyi
Trinomial name
Pheidole spathifera yerburyi Forel, 1902

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka (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.

• yerburyi. Pheidole spathifera var. yerburyi Forel, 1902c: 168 (s.), 188 (w.q.) SRI LANKA. [Also described as new by Forel, 1902f: 540.] [P. spathifera var. yerburyi Emery, 1901f: 118. Nomen nudum.]

References

• Emery, C. 1901h. Ameisen gesammelt in Ceylon von Dr. W. Horn 1899. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1901: 113-122 (page 118, P. spathifera var. yerburyi Emery: 1901: 118;nomen nudum)
• Forel, A. 1902c. Myrmicinae nouveaux de l'Inde et de Ceylan. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 165-249 (page 168, 188, soldier, worker, queen described)
• Forel, A. 1902g. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part IX. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 14: 520-546 (page 540, also described as new)