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| Pheidologeton | |
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| P. diversus feeding on an mealworm | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Pheidologeton Mayr, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Oecodoma diversa | |
| Diversity | |
| 34 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amauromyrmex Wheeler, 1929 | |
Pheidologeton is a genus of ants, also called marauder ants, due to their raids similar to those of army ants. Their nests are more permanent but almost as large as those of army ants. This genus of ant is recognisable by its dramatic polymorphism, the difference in sizes of the worker castes; there is a super-major worker in addition to major and minor.
There are about 42 species/subspecies in this genus. They range from Africa through south Asia into Australia. Two fossil species are known.
Species
- Pheidologeton aberrans Santschi, 1937
- Pheidologeton affinis (Jerdon, 1851)
- Pheidologeton ceylonensis Forel, 1911
- Pheidologeton dentiviris Forel, 1913
- Pheidologeton diversus (Jerdon, 1851)
- Pheidologeton hammoniae Stitz, 1923
- Pheidologeton hostilis (Smith, 1858)
- Pheidologeton kunensis Ettershank, 1966
- Pheidologeton latinodus Zhou & Zheng, 1997
- Pheidologeton maccus Wheeler, 1929
- Pheidologeton mayri Santschi, 1928
- Pheidologeton melanocephalus Donisthorpe, 1948
- Pheidologeton melasolenus Zhou & Zheng, 1997
- Pheidologeton nanningensis Li & Tang, 1986
- Pheidologeton nanus Roger, 1863
- Pheidologeton obscurus Viehmeyer, 1914
- Pheidologeton petulens Santschi, 1920
- Pheidologeton pullatus Santschi, 1920
- Pheidologeton pungens (Smith, 1861)
- Pheidologeton pygmaeus Emery, 1887
- Pheidologeton ruber (Smith, 1860)
- †Pheidologeton rugiceps (Heer, 1849)
- Pheidologeton rugosus Karavaiev, 1935
- †Pheidologeton schossnicensis Assmann, 1870
- Pheidologeton silenus (Smith, 1858)
- Pheidologeton silvestrii Wheeler, 1929
- Pheidologeton solitarius Stitz, 1910
- Pheidologeton transversalis (Smith, 1860)
- Pheidologeton trechideros Zhou & Zheng, 1997
- Pheidologeton varius Santschi, 1920
- Pheidologeton vespillo Wheeler, 1921
- Pheidologeton volsellata Santschi, 1937
- Pheidologeton yanoi Forel, 1912
- Pheidologeton zengchengensis Zhou, Zhao & Jia, 2006
References
- "Genus: Pheidologeton". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Pheidologeton". AntCat. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- Shattuck, S. (2000). Australian Ants: Their Biology and Identification. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 156–157. ISBN 978-0-643-06659-5.
External links
Media related to Pheidologeton at Wikimedia Commons
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