Pheidole moerens
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| Pheidole moerens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. moerens |
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| Pheidole moerens Wheeler, 1908 | |
Pheidole moerens is a species of big-headed ant described by myrmecologist William Morton Wheeler in 1908.[1]
This species of ant is native to Venezuela and the Caribbean Islands. It previously contained three subspecies, however, all three were synonymized under the parent taxon by Wilson, 2003.[2][3][4][5][6][7] It was originally thought to be invasive in California, the southeastern United States, and Hawaii, however those populations were later found to be a different species, Pheidole navigans.[8]
