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Species: Pheidole oceanica

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Pheidole

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Pheidole oceanica Mayr, 1866a PDF: 510 (s.w.q.m.) FIJI IS. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Senior synonym of Pheidole boraborensis, Pheidole pattesoni, Pheidole upoluana: Wilson & Taylor, 1967b PDF: 48.

Taxon Page Author History

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Mayr, G., 1866:
Miles: Long. 4.4 mm. Rufescenti-flavus, abdominis medio et postice infuscato; mandibulae laeves, punctis nonnullis dispersis, extus prope basin striatae; caput fortiter striatum, postice depressum et reticulato-rugosum; lateribus pone oculos reticulato-striatum; clypeus sublaevis, nitidus, medio carina brevi, antice distincte emarginatus; scapus modice longus sulco capitis tenui inculatus; thorax rugulosus; pronotum subrotundatum; mesonotum medio onco transverso; metanoti spinae longae et erectae; petioli segmentum secundum subtiliter reticidato-punctatum, transversum, utrimque angulatum; abdomen laeve; tibiae et scapus filis abstantibus.
Operaria: Long. 1.3 mm- Flava, nitida, capite thoraceque rufescentibus, abdomine infuscato; mandibulae sublaeves, dentatae; caput laeve, nitidissimum, inter laminas frontales et oculos curvatim striatum; pronotum rotundatum, laeve, nitidum, antice subtiliter reticulato-punctatum; mesonotum disco laevi, lateraliter dense reticulato-punctatum; metanotum dense reticulato-punctatum, dentibus duobus triangularibus acutis, erectis; petiolus supra laevis et nitidus, lateraliter asper; abdomen laeve, nitidum; corpus sicut scapus et tibiae, pilis abstantibus.
Fe mina: Long. 6.6 mm. Rufa, segmentorum abdominalium marginibus fuscis; caput ut in milite; thorax longitudinaliter striatus, scutello metanotoque inter spinas compressas triangulares modice longas laevibus; petiolus transverse rugosus, segmento secundo transverso utrimque obtuse angulatim producto; abdomen subtiliter et tenuissime prope basim distinctissime coriaceo-rugulosum et punctis dispersis piliferis; corpus pilosum, tibiae pilis multis longis adpressis, at pilis paucis abstantibus.
Mas: Long. 3 mm. Testaceus, supra in fuscatus, vertice nigricante; mandibulae subtilissime striolatae; clypeus et area frontalis sublaevia; frons fortiter striata; vertex striatus et rugulosus; pronotum et mesothoracis latera sublaevia, mesonotum postice subtiliter longitudinaliter striatum, metanotum inerme subtiliter striato-rugulosum; petiolus sublaevis; abdomen laeve et nitidum.
Von Ovalau (einer der Viti-Inseln); im Museum Godeffroy in Hamburg.
Ich bin nicht vollkommen sicher, dass die hier diagnosticirten Arbeiter, Weibchen und Maennchen zum zuerst beschriebenen Soldaten, den ich als Typus fuer die neue Art betrachte, gehoeren, da ich nur weiss, dass alle Geschlechter von Ovalau stammen. Das Weibchen gehoert ohne Zweifel zu dieser Art, der Arbeiter aber nur wahrscheinlich, ebenso auch das Maennchen, indem die Eigenschaften keinen sicheren Schluss erlauben und ueberhaupt die Verschiedenheiten der Arten bei diesen meist sehr geringe sind.

Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 59 times found in primary rainforest, 74 times found in secondary forest, 42 times found in disturbed forest, 6 times found in secondary rainforest, 8 times found in coastal forest, 3 times found in forest edge, 3 times found in rainforest, 3 times found in Pandanus & Casaurina forest, 3 times found in pasture/garden, 1 times found in Davis-sifting birds-nest ferns + incidental collections; Solitary queen camponotus chloroticus alone in 1st birdsnest fern (same one as I got the small, dark pheidole from) C. chloroticus nest +males, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 15 times hand collection, 3 times davis-sifting; incidental aspirated, 4 times 5m interval winks

Elevations: collected from 40 - 1187 meters, 277 meters average