| Species List | Genus Overview and Glossary |
Pheidole is so diverse and so fills "morphology space" that it is difficult to construct a dichotomous key. I recommend comparing specimens carefully with the species pages, not only comparing the image for general agreement, but also checking each of the items listed in the written identification section. I provide here a set of tables that are linked to the species pages. The tables may allow you to narrow your search to a subset of the species pages. I recommend looking at a range of species pages and finding the best match, rather than accepting the first one that seems to fit well.
Mike Kaspari adds this note: I can copy the Size-ID page into an Excel file, sort it by Soldier HW (or anything else) and it retains the URL, so its kind of a default extra web page. You may want to let your dear readers know this is an option if they want to work on soldiers.
Species known from La Selva, sorted by Webers length.
Species known from the La Selva area, including Tortuguero and Braulio Carrillo to 2000m elevation, sorted by Webers length.
Species known from Monteverde and Penas Blancas, sorted by Webers length.
Species known from the Osa Peninsula, sorted by Webers length.
Key to species known from Barva Transect (including La Selva Biological Station).
Page author: John T. Longino longinoj@evergreen.edu
Last modified: 13 December 2005.