Biology
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Pheidole purpurea occurs in wet to moist forest, from sea level to nearly 1700m. It can be a common epigaeic forager, recruiting rapidly to baits on the ground and often recruiting major workers to baits. A nest was observed beneath a stone.
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- AntWeb. Version 8.45.1. California Academy of Science, online at https://www.antweb.org. Accessed 15 December 2022.
Distribution Notes
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Southern Mexico to Honduras.
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Taxonomic History
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Pheidole purpurea Longino, 2009 PDF: 67, fig. 19 (s.w.) MEXICO. Neotropic.
AntCat AntWiki HOL
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- AntWeb. Version 8.45.1. California Academy of Science, online at https://www.antweb.org. Accessed 15 December 2022.
