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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 rhea
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unknown ant - Pheidole rhea
Copyright © 2015 Bob Beatson

unknown ant - Pheidole rhea
Canyon along Ruby Road, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
November 2, 2014
Can someone ID this ant species. There was no aggression going on, so I guess these individuals are just of different castes. They were crawling up the face of a north-facing rock cliff.

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Contributed by Bob Beatson on 8 March, 2015 - 2:50pm
Last updated 4 November, 2018 - 3:24pm

Moved
Moved from Myrmicinae.

Don't think there's any other large Pheidole with longs spines like that in the US. P. obtusospinosa is close in size but has much shorter spines.
… Steven Wang, 4 November, 2018 - 3:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… John S. Ascher, 6 May, 2015 - 8:25am login or register to post comments

Wow
Quite the propodeal spines on that major! Maybe a Pheidole rhea? Please do wait for an expert before moving...
… Seth Burgess, 16 March, 2015 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 March, 2015 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

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