Pheidole vigilans

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Pheidole vigilans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: P. vigilans
Binomial name
Pheidole vigilans
(Smith, F., 1858)

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Synonyms
At a Glance • Limited invasive  

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality), New Zealand, Norfolk Island.

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

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Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0172952. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MCZ, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0172953. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MCZ, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Worker. Specimen code casent0172954. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MCZ, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Male (alate). Specimen code casent0172955. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MCZ, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Nomenclature

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

  • vigilans. Atta vigilans Smith, F. 1858b: 166 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in Aphaenogaster: Dalla Torre, 1893:108; in Pheidole: Emery, 1915d: 69. Senior synonym of dolichocephala, norfolkensis, parallela, yarrensis: Brown, 1971b: 13.
  • dolichocephala. Pheidole dolichocephala André, 1896b: 262 (s.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of vigilans: Brown, 1971b: 13.
  • parallela. Pheidole ampla var. parallela Forel, 1902h: 435 (s.w.m.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of vigilans: Brown, 1971b: 13.
  • yarrensis. Pheidole ampla var. yarrensis Forel, 1902h: 434 (s.w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of vigilans: Brown, 1971b: 13.
  • norfolkensis. Pheidole ampla subsp. norfolkensis Wheeler, W.M. 1927i: 134, fig. 3 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA. Donisthorpe, 1941e: 91 (q.m.). Junior synonym of vigilans: Brown, 1971b: 13.

Type Material

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Brown W. L., Jr. 1971. The identity and synonymy of Pheidole vigilans, a common ant of southeastern Australia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 10: 13-14.
  • 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.
  • Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.