This is one of the largest genera of the family Formicidae, including about 300 described species, with a likely total of more than 1000 species in nature. Pheidole ranges worldwide, and is particularly abundant in the tropics and subtropics. Taxonomic coverage of the genus is far from complete. Japanese species nest in the soil, under stones, in rotting logs and other rotting wood, and among the roots of plants. Foraging workers collect honeydew from aphids and honey from flowers, etc, for adult food, and solid food such as seeds and insects for the larvae.
Division of labor is well-marked between the worker subcastes.
This ratio regulates worker production. Solders and workers have no ovaries. Editor of the descriptions Original text by Kazuo Ogata and Seiki Yamane. English translation by Kazuo Ogata, edited by Robert W. Taylor.