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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 moerens (Pheidole navigans)

Species Pheidole navigans - Pheidole moerens

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Remarks · 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 navigans (Pheidole moerens)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pheidole moerens Wheeler, W.M., 1908
Pheidole navigans Forel, 1901
Range
now very common in southern Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and Louisiana; also in Texas
Remarks
Non native species. Unknown native range; it may be the Greater Antilles.
Internet References
Mississippi State U.
Ant web
Contributed by James C. Trager on 6 December, 2011 - 5:24am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Steven Wang
Last updated 11 September, 2019 - 10:13pm

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