| Pheidole rhea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. rhea |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole rhea Wheeler, 1908 | |
Pheidole rhea is a species of ant and a higher myrmicine in the family Formicidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
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