Pheidole zhoushanensis

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Pheidole zhoushanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: P. zhoushanensis
Binomial name
Pheidole zhoushanensis
Li & Chen, 1992

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China (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

Nomenclature

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

  • zhoushanensis. Pheidole zhoushanensis Li & Chen, 1992: 56 (w.) CHINA. See also: Tang, Li, et al. 1995: 60.

Description

References

  • Li, S.; Chen, Y. 1992. Two new species of the ant genus Pheidole of China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Zhejiang Agric. Univ. 18(3 3: 55-57 (not seen)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
  • Huang Jian-hua, Zhou Shan-yi. 2007. A checklist of family Formicidae of China - Myrmicinae (Part II) (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Journal of Guangxi Normal University : Natural Science Edition 25(1): 91-99.
  • Li S., and Y.Chen. 1992. Two new species of Pheidole from China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Acta Agriculturae Universitatis Zhejiangensis 18(3): 55-57.
  • Pan Y.S. 2007. Systematic Study on the Ant Genera Pheidole Westwood and Aphaenogaster Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formincidae : Myrmicinae) In China. Guangxi Normal University, Guangxi, China. 73 pages.