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Pheidole
Wikipedia
Pheidole is a genus of ant that belongs to the ant subfamily Myrmicinae. Image:Pheidole.mendicula.-.wheeler.svg|250px|left|thumb|Pheidole mendicula The genus Pheidole is a widespread and ecologically dominant genus containing as many as a thousand species . Most species of Pheidole are dimorphic, which means that a given ant colony contains two kinds of workers: (1) the "minor workers," and (3) the "major" workers, or "soldiers," which generally have enormous heads and mandibles in comparison to their usually fairly modest body size. In addition, a colony contains one or several queens, and (in mature colonies) virgin, winged females and males, as most ants...
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