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Pheidole xerophila
Scientific 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.

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

• major and minor workers

References

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.

Further reading

• Bolton, B. (2016). "Catalogue of the Ants of the World" (PDF). unpublished communication. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

External links

• Media related to Pheidole xerophila at Wikimedia Commons

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