Pheidole riveti Santschi
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20017 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275791 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5408229F-5F03-D69A-DEA5-268F7EFCCB49 |
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Donat |
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scientific name |
Pheidole riveti Santschi |
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Pheidole riveti Santschi View in CoL HNS
Pheidole riveti HNS Santschi 191 li: 278.
Types Naturhist. Mus. Basel.
Etymology Named after the collector, P. Rivet.
Diagnosis Similar in various ways to the species listed in the heading above, distinguished as follows.
Major: propodeal spine reduced to obtuse angle in side view, right angle in dorsal-oblique view; postpetiolar node in side view suppressed, in dorsal view narrow and bell-shaped; occipital margin smooth; carinulae originating on frontal lobes spread laterally as they approach occipital margin; propodeal dorsum and margins of promesonotal dorsum transversely carinulate.
Minor: head "tiger-striped" with semicircular carinulae, as depicted; propodeal dorsum transversely carinulate; occiput narrow but lacks nuchal collar; postpetiolar node in side view suppressed and entire postpetiole cylindrical.
Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.12, HL 1.16, SL (scapes missing), EL 0.14, PW 0.54.
Paralectotype minor: HW 0.62, HL 0.76, SL 0.76, EL 0.14, PW 0.40.
Color Major: concolorous light brown.
Minor: concolorous medium brown.
Range Known only from the type locality.
Biology Unknown.
figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. ECUADOR: El Angel, near Tulcan, north-central Ecuador, 3000 m (P. Rivet). Scale bars = 1 mm.
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