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Species: Pheidole (bessonii) bessonii

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Pheidole

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Pheidole oswaldi r. bessonii Forel, 1891c PDF: 176, pl. 5, fig. 3 (w.) MADAGASCAR. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Forel, 1905e PDF: 162 (s.).

Raised to species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 88; Forel, 1905e PDF: 162.

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Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 86 times found in tropical dry forest, 31 times found in gallery forest, 27 times found in montane rainforest, 12 times found in rainforest, 8 times found in spiny forest/thicket, 6 times found in open area near stream, 5 times found in tropical dry forest on Tsingy, 4 times found in dry wash, 1 times found in coastal scrub, rainforest, 2 times found in stomach contents of Mantella bernhardi, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 37 times MW 50 sample transect, 5m, 19 times Malaise trap, 24 times pitfall trap, PF 50 traps, 11 cm dbh with water, soap, formalin, nonlinear placement, 7 times yellow pan trap, YP 25 trap transect, 6 times MW 20 sample transect, 5m, 4 times MW 25 sample transect, 5m, 4 times pitfall trap, PF 50 tube sample transect, 5m, 1 times general collecting, 1 times 10 MaxiWinks, 1 times 9 MaxiWinks, mixed samples, 2 times at light, ...

Elevations: collected from 10 - 1575 meters, 401 meters average