Pheidole metallescens is an ant, a species of higher myrmicine in the family Formicidae.
Subspecies
- Pheidole metallescens metallescens <small>Emery, 1895</small>
- Pheidole metallescens splendidula <small>Wheeler, 1908</small>
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: 62âÂÂ82.
Further reading
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.