Pheidole seligmanni, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA, USA: Harvard University Press : 230

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275805

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Pheidole seligmanni
status

new species

Pheidole seligmanni   HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

etymology In honor of Peter A. Seligmann, for his signal contributions to conservation, from the creation of Conservation International to the protection of Neotropical forests and their faunas.

diagnosis A large member of the diligens   HNS group closest to alfaroi   HNS , diana   HNS , laelaps   HNS , riveti   HNS , and tepuicola   HNS , and somewhat less so to laticornis   HNS and strigosa   HNS , and distinguished from these and other species of Pheidole   HNS by the following combination of traits. Major: carinulae originating on the inner surface of the eye travel laterally to the antennal fossa; propodeal spines absent, the basal and declivitous faces of the propodeum forming an obtuse angle; postpetiole from above diamond-shaped; lateral margins of pronotal dorsum, posterior half of mesopleuron, and all of propodeum carinulate; outer surfaces of middle and hind tibiae with abundant and conspicuous long, erect hairs.

Minor: all of posterior half of head covered by semicircular, "wraparound" carinulae; propodeal spines absent; nuchal collar present. Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.96, HL 1.96, SL 1.34, EL 0.24, PW 0.98. Paratype minor: HW 0.76, HL 0.92, SL 1.16, EL 0.14, PW 0.52.

color Major: body moistly medium yellow; anterior half of head deepening gradually to medium yellowish brown on the anterior rim of the clypeus and posteriorly on the first gastral segment.

Range Known only from the type locality.

Biology The type colony was collected under moss on a rotting log.

Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. COLOMBIA: Parque Nacional Cuevas de los Guacharos, 10 km southeast of Palestina, Huila (Charles Kugler and J. Hahn). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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