Pheidole gertrudae

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 537

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275247

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scientific name

Pheidole gertrudae
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Pheidole gertrudae View in CoL   HNS Forel

Pheidole gertrudae   HNS Forel 1886b: xiii. Syn.: Megalomyrmex humilis Borgmeier   HNS 1930: 35, synonymy by Kempf 1960f: 463. Pheidole gertrudae var. leonhardi   HNS Forel 1901m: 62, n. syn.; Pheidole gertrudae var. loretensis   HNS Santschi 1933f: 108, n. syn.

Types Mus. Nat. Hist. Geneve.

Etymology Named in honor of Gertrude Naegeli.

diagnosis With the distinctive qualities of the gertrudae   HNS group: propodeal spines greatly reduced to absent in major, absent in minor; propodeal spiracle extremely large; entire body mostly smooth and shiny. Differs from other members of group ( capillata   HNS , jeannei   HNS , q.v.) in the major in the following combination of traits: no rugoreticulum on head, humerus subangulate in dorsal-oblique view; no trace of a propodeal spine, with the basal and declivitous faces of the propodeum in side view meeting in a very wide oblique angle.

measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.30, HL 1.34, SL 0.76, EL 0.26, PW 0.62. Paralectotype type minor: HW 0.64, HL 0.66, SL 0.72, EL 0.14, PW 0.40. Color Major: concolorous light reddish yellow. Minor: concolorous light brownish yellow.

range Widespread in Brazil, from Amazonas to Santa Catarina; also recorded from Tipuani, La Paz, Amazonian Bolivia ( var. leonhardi   HNS types); Canindeyu Department, Paraguay; and Loreto, Misiones, northern Argentina ( var. loretensis   HNS types).

Biology Unknown.

Figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. BRAZIL: Guanabara, Rio de Janeiro. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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