| Pheidole moerens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. moerens |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole moerens Wheeler, 1908 | |
Pheidole moerens is a is a species of ant within the subfamily Myrmicinae and tribe Attini. W.M. Wheeler first desribed it in 1908. The genus *Pheidole* is distinguished by major (soldier) and minor worker castes. [1]
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This species of big-headed ant native to Venezuela and the Caribbean Islands and possibly invasive in California, Bermuda, the southeastern United States, Costa Rica, and Hawaii. It previously contained three subspecies, however, all three were synonymized under the parent taxon by Wilson, 2003. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
