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Pheidole xerophila

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Pheidole xerophila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species:
P. xerophila
Binomial name
Pheidole xerophila
Wheeler, 1908

Pheidole xerophila is a species of ant and a higher myrmicine in the family Formicidae.[1][2][3][4][5]

Like many other species in the genus Pheidole, the ants are dimorphic; colonies contain two castes of workers, "minor" and much larger "major" workers. [6]

References

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  1. ^ "Pheidole xerophila Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  2. ^ "Pheidole xerophila species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  3. ^ "Pheidole xerophila". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  4. ^ "Pheidole xerophila Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  5. ^ "AntWeb". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  6. ^ Muscedere, Mario L.; Traniello, James F. A. (February 17, 2012). "Division of Labor in the Hyperdiverse Ant Genus Pheidole Is Associated with Distinct Subcaste- and Age-Related Patterns of Worker Brain Organization". PLOS ONE. 7 (2). PLOS: e31618. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...731618M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031618. PMC 3281964. PMID 22363686.

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