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Pheidole melanogaster
| Pheidole melanogaster | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. melanogaster |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole melanogaster Donisthorpe, 1943
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -5.26569° to -5.26569°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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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| Not Provided. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0282944. Photographer Adam Lazarus, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by EPEC. |
   
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| Not Provided. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0284019. Photographer Adam Lazarus, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by EPEC. |
   
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| Not Provided. Worker. Specimen code casent0284020. Photographer Adam Lazarus, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by EPEC. |
   
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| Syntype of Pheidole melanogaster. Worker. Specimen code casent0901532. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
   
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| Syntype of Pheidole melanogaster. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0901533. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- melanogaster. Pheidole (Pheidole) melanogaster Donisthorpe, 1943d: 448 (s.w.) NEW GUINEA.
Description
References
- Donisthorpe, H. 1943e. The ants (Hym., Formicidae) of Waigeu Island, North Dutch New Guinea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 433-475 (page 448, soldier, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Donisthorpe, Horace. 1943. The Ants of Waigeu Island, North Dutch New Guinea. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 (10): 433-475.
- Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
- Lucky A., L. E. Alonso, E. Sarnat, and J. Hulr. 2015. Ants and scolytine beetles. In: Richards, S.J. and N. Whitmore (editors) 2015. A rapid biodiversity assessment of Papua New Guinea's Hindenburg Wall region. Wildlife Conservation Society Papua New Guinea Program. Goroka, PNG.