| Pheidole elecebra | |
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| Pheidole elecebra queen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. elecebra |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole elecebra (Wheeler, 1904) | |
Pheidole elecebra is a species of ant in the genus Pheidole . It is endemic to the United States. [1] Pheidole elecebra is a workerless inquiline within the nests of Pheidole ceres [2] .
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