Pheidole xerophila
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| Pheidole xerophila | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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]
major and minor workers
