Pheidole antipodum

Pheidole antipodum is a species of ant in the genus Pheidole.^[1] It is known only from Australia, where the ants nest in drier regions in soil or under rocks. Little is known about their biology, but they are thought to be specialist predators of termites.^[2]

Pheidole antipodum
Pheidole antipodum worker
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Genus:	Pheidole
Species:	P. antipodum
Binomial name
Pheidole antipodum (Smith, 1858)

It was formerly placed as the sole member of the genus Anisopheidole.^[3]