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Pheidole dentata
Photo#250169
Copyright © 2009
Mike Quinn
Pheidole dentata Mayr, 1886 -
Pheidole dentata
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Village of San Leanna (south Austin), Travis County, Texas, USA
January 23, 2009
Size: ~ 2.5 mm
Det. Steven Wang, 2019
shot at UV lights in a small mesic patch under an oak-willow canopy...
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Contributed by
Mike Quinn
on 23 January, 2009 - 9:34pm
Last updated 19 August, 2019 - 5:05pm
Moved
Very common in central-eastern Austin, becomes less common further west into limestone hill country.
Moved from
Big-headed Ants
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Steven Wang
, 19 August, 2019 - 4:40pm
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Looks like a Pheidole minor
Looks like a Pheidole minor worker.
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Gordon C. Snelling
, 24 January, 2009 - 7:10pm
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Members of Tribe Pheidolini @ local UT, Austin field station...
Gordon,
Thanks for the ID.
Here are the
members of the tribe from the nearby field station
:
Tribe Pheidolini
* Aphaenogaster texana Emery
* Pheidole bicarinata Forel
* Pheidole constipata Wheeler
* Pheidole dentata Mayr
* Pheidole floridana Emery
* Pheidole hyatti Emery
* Pheidole metallescens Emery
* Pheidole sp. A (near casta)
* Pheidole sp. B (near lamia)
* Pheidole crassicornis
* Pheidole pelor
* Pheidole mera
Thanks again, Mike
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Mike Quinn
, 25 January, 2009 - 1:39pm
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Mike Leaning toward it being
Mike
Leaning toward it being a hyatti minor.
Gordon
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Gordon C. Snelling
, 25 January, 2009 - 2:24pm
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