Pheidole metallescens explained

Pheidole metallescens is an ant, a species of higher myrmicine in the family Formicidae.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Subspecies

• Pheidole metallescens metallescens Emery, 1895
• Pheidole metallescens splendidula Wheeler, 1908

References

• Hansson C, Lachaud J, Pérez-Lachaud G (2011). "Entedoninae wasps (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae) associated with ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in tropical America, with new species and notes on their biology". ZooKeys 134: 62–82.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pheidole metallescens Species Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-02-04.
2. Web site: Pheidole metallescens Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-02-04.
3. Sharkey M.J. (2007). Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera.
4. "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera", Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. Cladistics 28(1): 80-112.
5. Ward, P.S. (2007). "Phylogeny, classification, and species-level taxonomy of ants". Zootaxa 1668 549–563
6. Web site: AntWeb. antweb.org. California Academy of Sciences. 2018-02-04.
7. Bolton, B., Alpert, G., Ward, S. Naskrecki, P. (2007). A New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World 1758–2005
8. Riley, Edward G., Clark, Shawn M., and Gilbert, Arthur J. (2001). "New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles". Insecta Mundi. 176.