This is another average medium size species of Pheidole ant with major workers at around 5 mm and minor workers at around 3 mm.
Here we see that one major worker (center) is actually larger than the other (left) but this however do not qualify as dimorphism in the major worker caste as sometimes this happens due to nutritional differences
An apparent difference in the size of the two major workers (above)
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Updated: 2023 10 10
First Published: 2023 10 10
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Taxonomy:
No rank: cellular organisms 131567
Superkingdom (Domain): Eukaryota 2759
No rank: Opisthokonta 33154
Kingdom: Metazoa 33208
No rank: Eumetazoa 6072
No rank (Subkingdom): Bilateria 33213
No rank (Branch): Protostomia 33317
No rank (Infrakingdom): Ecdysozoa
No rank (Superphylum): Panarthropoda 88770
Phylum: Arthropoda 6656
No rank (Subphylum): Mandibulata 197563
No rank: Pancrustacea 197562
Subphylum (Epiclass): Hexapoda 6960
Class: Insecta 50557
No rank (Subclass): Dicondylia 85512
Subclass (Infraclass): Pterygota 7496
Infraclass: Neoptera 33340
Cohort: Holometabola
Order: Hymenoptera 7399
Suborder Apocrita 7400
Infraorder: Aculeata 7434
Superfamily: Formicoidea
Family: Formicidae 36668
Subfamily: Myrmicinae 34695
Tribe: Pheidolini 144015
Genus: Pheidole 190769
Updated: 2023 10 10
First Published: 2023 10 10
© 2009 – 2023 Quah. All rights reserved.