Pheidole ampla

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Pheidole ampla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: P. ampla
Binomial name
Pheidole ampla
Forel, 1893

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies
Synonyms

Wheeler (1934): Numerous soldiers and workers taken by myself in the vicinity of (all the following from Rottnest Island) Government House (X. 21, '31), White Hill (X. 23, '31), Longreach Bay (X. 24, '31) and Nancy Cove (X. 25, '31) and by Mr. Glauert near Lake Herschel (III. 27, '32). All were nesting under stones in oven grassy places. The colonies are small or of medium size. Mr. Glauert found that this ant is a true harvester and stores its seeds in the superficial chambers of the nest. All the Rottnest specimens belong to the typical form of ampla, which was described from specimens taken by Walker on the Abrolhos (E. Wallaby Island).

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -26.76666667° to -37.917412°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (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

Worker

Minor

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Pheidole amplaWorker. Specimen code casent0908010. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Major

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Pheidole amplaWorker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0908009. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • ampla. Pheidole variabilis r. ampla Forel, 1893d: 462 (s.) AUSTRALIA.
    • Forel, 1901e: 377 (w.q.).
    • Raised to species: Forel, 1901e: 377.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus mackayensis, parviceps, perthensis.
  • latigena. Pheidole variabilis subsp. latigena Forel, 1907h: 279 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA.
    • Junior synonym of ampla: Heterick, 2021: 19.

Type Material

Description

References

]).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Forel A. 1901. Variétés myrmécologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45: 334-382.
  • Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.