| Pheidole noda | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. nodus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole nodus Smith, F., 1874 | |
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Pheidole nodus is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is found in Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Japan and South Korea.
Pheidole is a genus of ants that belongs to the ant subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus is widespread and ecologically dominant. It probably includes more than 1000 species. The genus first evolved in the Americas, eventually spreading across the globe.
Pheidole harrisonfordi is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. P. harrisonfordi lives in the Americas, mostly in neotropical countries such as Belize, Colombia, southern Mexico, Panama, Guatemala and other Central American nations. It primary lives in Santa Bárbara, Honduras 700 metres (2,300 ft) above sea level. The ant also inhabits wet forest leaf litter at an elevation of 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) above sea-level. P. harrisonfordi was named after the actor Harrison Ford in honor of his work in tropical conservation. Minor workers have a head length of 0.41 millimetres (0.016 in) and a head width of 0.38 millimetres (0.015 in). The head of minor workers are flattened with the mesonotal suture absent. Major workers have a head length of 0.78 millimetres (0.031 in) and a width of 0.75 millimetres (0.030 in).
Barry Bolton is an English myrmecologist, an expert on the classification, systematics, and taxonomy of ants, who long worked at the Natural History Museum, London. He is known especially for monographs on African and Asian ants, and for encyclopaedic global works, including the Identification Guide to Ant Genera (1994), A New General Catalogue of Ants of the World, Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae (2003), and Bolton's Catalogue of Ants of the World: 1758-2005 (2007). Now retired, Bolton is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society and Myrmecologist, Biodiversity Division, Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, London.
Joseph Charles Bequaert was an American naturalist of Belgian origin, born 24 May 1886 in Torhout (Belgium) and died on 12 January 1982 in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Pheidole megacephala is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. It is commonly known as the big-headed ant in the US and the coastal brown ant in Australia. It is a very successful invasive species and is considered a danger to native ants in Australia and other places. It is regarded as one of the world's worst invasive ant species.
Chimaeridris is a small genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus contains two species known from tropical Asia. Their unique hook-shaped mandibles and similar appearance to Pheidole minor workers raises the possibility that the genus is a slave-maker of Pheidole ants or a specialized predator.
Pheidole antipodum is a species of ant in the genus Pheidole. It is known only from Australia, where the ants nest in drier regions in soil or under rocks. Little is known about their biology, but they are thought to be specialist predators of termites.
Pheidole pallidula is a species of ant in the genus Pheidole. It is widespread around the Mediterranean.
Pheidole dentata is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is distributed in North America, from the Mid-Atlantic states and southeastern United States to Mexico.
Pheidole bicarinata is a species of ant in the genus Pheidole. It is distributed across United States, from Nebraska, Colorado, Texas, Utah and Nevada, east to New Jersey and Florida.
Pheidole diffidens is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Pheidole latinoda is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.
Pheidole nietneri is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is found in Sri Lanka and China.
Pheidole pronotalis is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is found in India, and Sri Lanka.
Pheidole spathifera is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is found in Asian countries.
Pheidole sulcaticeps is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae.
Pheidole templaria is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae.
Pheidole clavata is a species of ant in the genus Pheidole. Pheidole clavata inhabits Eastern and Northern Africa. This species of Pheidole, like many others, are dimorphic, which means that a colony may contain one or several queens. Each colony is made up of two castes: the "minor" workers, and the "major" workers, or "soldiers". The majors have large heads that they use as both weapons and tools to cut open large prey for the colony. The latter generally have enormous heads and mandibles in comparison to their usually fairly modest body size.