Pheidole fervida

Pheidole fervida Smith, 1874

Minor Worker

Pheidole fervida
Pheidole fervida
Pheidole fervida

The occipital margin of the head is flat and sculptured, and the mesonotum has a single hump.

Major Worker

Pheidole fervida
Pheidole fervida
Pheidole fervida

Larger in size and distinctly different in shape from a minor worker, this soldier has relatively long scapes compared to other species in the genus.

Queen

Male

References

Smith, F. 1874. “Descriptions of new species of Tenthredinidae, Ichneumonidae, Chrysididae, Formicidae, &c. of Japan.” Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (4) 7: 373-409.

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