Pheidole umbonata Mayr

Swezey, O. H., 1942, Hymenoptera Formicidae of Guam, Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, pp. 175-183 : 179

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5160270
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5211710
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treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Pheidole umbonata Mayr
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15. Pheidole umbonata Mayr View in CoL ,

Sitzungsb. k. Akad. Wiss. Wien 53 (1): 510, 1866; Zool. bot. Ges. Wien, Verh. 20: 978, 1870.

Wheeler, B. P. Bishop Mus., 0cc. Papers 11 (11): 19, 1935.

Mt. Tenjo , May 3, under stones, Swezey; Machanao , May 4, 16, in moss, Swezey; Tumon, May 30, under bark, Usinger ; Piti , July , Swezey; Barrigada , July 6, 22, Swezey; Yigo , Nov. 13, Swezey.

This dark brown ant is widespread in the Pacific islands from Marquesas, Tahiti, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, New Caledonia, New Britain, Solomons and Papua. Now recorded from Guam for the first time. We found it widely distributed, and the most abundant of the species of Pheidole in Guam. Determination by M. R. Smith.