Pheidole wheelerorum

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Pheidole wheelerorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: P. wheelerorum
Binomial name
Pheidole wheelerorum
Mackay, W.P., 1988

Pheidole wheelerorum casent0103150 profile 1.jpg

Pheidole wheelerorum casent0103150 dorsal 1.jpg

Specimen Label

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 35.92411° to 35.87°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: United States (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Pheidole wheelerorum casent0104925 head 1.jpgPheidole wheelerorum casent0104925 profile 1.jpgPheidole wheelerorum casent0104925 dorsal 1.jpgPheidole wheelerorum casent0104925 label 1.jpg
Paratype of Pheidole wheelerorumWorker. Specimen code casent0104925. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by USNM, Washington, DC, USA.
Pheidole wheelerorum casent0172700 head 1.jpgPheidole wheelerorum casent0172700 profile 1.jpgPheidole wheelerorum casent0172700 dorsal 1.jpgPheidole wheelerorum casent0172700 label 1.jpg
Paratype of Pheidole wheelerorumWorker. Specimen code casent0172700. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Pheidole wheelerorum casent0172701 head 1.jpgPheidole wheelerorum casent0172701 profile 1.jpgPheidole wheelerorum casent0172701 dorsal 1.jpgPheidole wheelerorum casent0172701 label 1.jpg
Paratype of Pheidole wheelerorumWorker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0172701. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Nomenclature

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

  • wheelerorum. Pheidole wheelerorum Mackay, W.P., in Mackay, Lowrie, Fisher, et al. 1988: 96, figs. 29, 30 (s.w.) U.S.A.

Description

References

  • Mackay, W. P. 1988. [Untitled. Pheidole wheelerorum W. MacKay new species.] Pp. 96-98 in: Mackay, W., Lowrie, D., Fisher, A., Mackay, E., Barnes, F., Lowrie, D. The ants of Los Alamos County, New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 79-131 in: Trager, (page 96, figs. 29, 30 soldier, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • MacKay W. P. 1993. Succession of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on low-level nuclear waste sites in northern New Mexico. Sociobiology 23: 1-11.
  • Mackay, W., D. Lowrie, A. Fisher, E. Mackay, F. Barnes and D. Lowrie. 1988. The ants of Los Alamos County, New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). pages 79-131 in J.C. Trager, editor, Advances in Myrmecololgy.