Pheidole lovejoyi, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 318

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6274865

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A8750C78-2A4A-2FD3-1813-BB78E7AA965C

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scientific name

Pheidole lovejoyi
status

new species

Pheidole lovejoyi   HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

etymology Named after Thomas E. Lovejoy, distinguished field biologist and my host at Fazenda Dimona.

diagnosis A member of the fallax   HNS group, most similar to laniger   HNS (but also scan alienata   HNS , cardinalis   HNS , caribbaea   HNS , fallax   HNS , jelskii   HNS , lattkei   HNS , mantilla   HNS , obscurior   HNS , petrensis   HNS , puttemansi   HNS , rubiceps   HNS , roushae   HNS , susannae   HNS , tobini   HNS ), distinguished by the following combination of traits.

Major: in full-face view, profde of head posterior to eyes fringed by short, subrecumbent hairs of uniform length; in side view, center of pronotal dorsal profile raised as a low convexity; petiolar peduncle slender, its dorsal border concave in side view; pronotal dorsum partly carinulate; anterior strip of first gastral tergite foveolate and opaque.

Minor: nuchal collar present; propodeal spine reduced to obtuse angle.

Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.42, HL 1.50, SL 1.04, EL 0.20, PW 0.66.

Paratype minor: HW 0.46, HL 0.64, SL 0.94, EL 0.12, PW 0.34.

Color Major: head reddish brown, mesosoma plain medium brown, gaster and appendages plain light brown. Minor: head medium brownish yellow, appendages and rest of head medium brownish yellow.

Range Known only from the type locality.

Biology In lowland rainforest.

Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. BRAZIL: Fazenda Dimona, Smithsonian Institution Field Station, 90 km north of Manaus, Amazonas (E. O. Wilson). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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