Pheidole xerophila

Pheidole xerophila

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae

Pheidole xerophila is a species of ant and a higher myrmicine in the family Formicidae. Like many other species in the genus Pheidole, the ants are dimorphic; colonies contain two castes of workers, "minor" and much larger "major" workers.

Distribution

Pheidole xerophila — (c) Jake Nitta, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jake Nitta · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 144Mexico · 12

Sources and credits

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