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Species: Pheidole umbonata

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Pheidole

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

1 subspecies

Pheidole umbonata Mayr, 1870b PDF: 978 (s.w.) TONGA. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Mann, 1921 PDF: 431 (q.).

Senior synonym of Pheidole zimmermani: Wilson & Taylor, 1967b PDF: 50.

Current subspecies: nominal plus Pheidole umbonata fusciventris.

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Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 2 times found in swamp forest, 12 times found in primary rainforest, 2 times found in rainforest, 10 times found in disturbed forest, 6 times found in coastal forest, 1 times found in disturbed rainforest, 1 times found in mahogany/seconday growth rainforest, 4 times found in secondary forest, 1 times found in riparian forest litter N. bank Ngarmeskang R., 1 times found in secondary rainforest, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 6 times Hand-Collected from 1 square meter of sifted leaf litter, 5 times hand collection

Elevations: collected from 50 - 432 meters, 233 meters average