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Pheidole wheelerorum
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| 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
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 35.92411° to 35.87°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Nearctic Region: United States (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. |
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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
   
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| Paratype of Pheidole wheelerorum. Worker. Specimen code casent0104925. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by USNM, Washington, DC, USA. |
   
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| Paratype of Pheidole wheelerorum. Worker. Specimen code casent0172700. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
   
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| Paratype of Pheidole wheelerorum. Worker (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.