Pheidole ceylonica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Pheidolini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole ceylonica

Name

Pheidole ceylonica (Motschulsky, 1863: 18) [Combination in Pheidole: Mayr, 1863: 438.]

Synonyms

• Oecophthora ceylonica Motschulsky

References

• Motschulsky, V. 1863. Essai d'un catalogue des insectes de l'ile Ceylan. Bull. Soc. Imp. Natural. Moscou 41: 417–430. PDF.
• Wilson, E.O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. 794 pp.
• Burge, D.O. 2005. Taxonomy, biology, and distribution of seed harvesting ants in the Pheidole californica complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 14(2): 137–150.