Pheidole pallidula, variability

Pheidole pallidula is a very variable species, and a little about its variability is shown here in the form of major worker heads from different localities in the Iberian Peninsula.  read more »

Induced alopecia by Pheidole pallidula

Sometimes we find astonishing news about our Ant world. This is one of the weirdest I've found.  read more »

Lasius psammophilus, nests

Lasius psammophilus nest mainly in sandy dune habitats 1.  read more »

  1. 1. Seifert B .  1992.  A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the ant subgenus Lasius s. str. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Goerlitz. 66(5):1-66.

XE0500-Queen

Location

Devesa de la SalaAlinya (Figols), LL
Spain
Leg: 
A. Serra
Det: 
X. Espadaler

The ant genus Pheidole in the Iberian peninsula

Our opinion is that two species are present in the Iberian Peninsula: P. pallidula (Nylander, 1849) and P. teneriffana Forel, 1893. Two other species have been cited:  read more »

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