Pheidole alpinensis, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 650

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275342

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scientific name

Pheidole alpinensis
status

new status

Pheidole alpinensis   HNS Forel, new status

Pheidole emeryi var. alpinensis   HNS Forel 1912g: 231.

Types Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneve.

Etymology Named after the type locality.

Diagnosis A large, reddish brown (major) or reddish yellow (minor) member of the tristis   HNS group with very prominent subangulate humeri, large subangulate postpetiolar node, small subpetiolar process, and weakly shagreened first gastral tergite, in both major and minor.

Close to tristis   HNS , and less similar to alpinensis   HNS , exarata   HNS , excubitor   HNS , germaini   HNS , grantae   HNS , obrima   HNS , rogeri   HNS , stulta   HNS , and zoster   HNS , differing in many details of body form, sculpturing, and pilosity, as illustrated, as well as in color.

Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.74, HL 2.00, SL 0.84, EL 0.20, PW 0.86.

Paralectotype minor: HW 0.76, HL 0.84, SL 0.80, EL 0.14, PW 0.48.

color Major: concolorous reddish brown.

Minor: concolorous reddish yellow.

Range Known only from the type locality.

Biology Unknown.

figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype minor. BRAZIL: Colonia Alpina, Teresiopolis, Rio de Janeiro. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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