Pheidole gracilipes

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Pheidole gracilipes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Pheidole
Species:
P. gracilipes
Binomial name
Pheidole gracilipes
(Motschoulsky, 1863)

Pheidole gracilipes is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is found in Sri Lanka.

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