Pheidole gangamon, Wilson, E. O., 2003
publication ID |
20017 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3509409 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/14364860-E633-0AFF-CCDD-6A5755910387 |
treatment provided by |
Donat |
scientific name |
Pheidole gangamon |
status |
new species |
Pheidole gangamon HNS new species
Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.
Etymology Gr gangamon HNS , a small, round net, referring to the occipital rugoreticulum of the major.
Diagnosis Close to arctos HNS , but distinguishable from it (and other members of the scrobifera HNS group) by the pattern of sculpturing and details of body form in the major, and in the unusually long, needle-like propodeal spines and piligerous cornicles of the humeri, also as shown.
Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.24, HL 1.54, SL 0.58, EL 0.16, PW 0.72. Paratype minor: HW 0.58, HL 0.58, SL 0.58, EL 0.12, PW 0.38. color Major: body and appendages medium reddish brown; gaster dark brown. Minor: light brown.
Range Known only from the type locality.
Biology The nest of the type colony was in black clayey soil in the middle of a path through degraded lowland rainforest. The single entrance hole was surrounded by a narrow ring of excavated earth. Major workers were scarce (E. O. Wilson).
figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. MEXICO: Pueblo Nuevo, near Tetzonapa (E. O. Wilson). Scale bars = 1 mm.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
Kingdom |
|
Phylum |
|
Class |
|
Order |
|
Family |
|
Genus |