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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Myrmicinae » Attini » Big-headed Ants (Pheidole) » Pheidole metallescens

Species Pheidole metallescens

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Myrmicinae
Tribe Attini
Genus Pheidole (Big-headed Ants)
Species metallescens (Pheidole metallescens)
Explanation of Names
Pheidole metallescens Emery, 1895
metallescens - Latin for 'metallic,' alluding to the gun-metal blue reflections from the body of the minor. - AntWeb
Range
s. TX to c. FL, OK - AntWeb
Habitat
Oak Scrub - AntWeb
Life Cycle
Each colony has a single queen. The minor workers, often accompanied by majors, collect small grass seeds and scavenge for dead arthropods. - AntWeb
Internet References
AntWeb
Ants of the Southeastern US - Joe MacGown, 2014
Alex Wild Photography
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 15 August, 2012 - 2:19pm
Last updated 13 March, 2015 - 5:46pm

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