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Pheidole diffidens

species of ant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ14085825 ↗
Source-derived summary

Pheidole diffidens is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is found in Sri Lanka.

References

External links

"Pheidole diffidens - Facts". AntWeb. Retrieved 19 January 2014.

"Pheidole diffidens".

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Pheidole diffidens” as species of ant. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Pheidole, diffidens and species.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2014—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Pheidole, diffidens and species providing the first useful test.
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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14085825. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2014.

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This entry incorporates text from “Pheidole diffidens” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.