Pheidole bambusarum

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 662

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20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275372

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scientific name

Pheidole bambusarum
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Pheidole bambusarum View in CoL   HNS Forel

Pheidole bambusarum   HNS Forel 1908h: 376. Syn.: Pheidole ogloblini Kusnezov   HNS 1952d: 85, synonymy by Kempf 1972d: 450.

Types Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneve; Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

etymology NL bambusarum   HNS , belonging to bamboo (Bambusa).

Diagnosis A densely sculptured member of the tristis   HNS group notable for the almost complete covering of the head and pronotum with rugoreticula in both major and minor. Most similar to brevicona   HNS (but also compare aper   HNS , dyctiota   HNS , laeviventris   HNS , lutzi   HNS , risii   HNS , rugatula   HNS , senilis   HNS , sigillata   HNS , trachyderma   HNS , and traini   HNS ), differing in the major in the rugoreticulate venter of the head and sides of pronotum; the oval (as opposed to cone-shaped) postpetiolar node; smaller size; and lighter color. Measurements (mm) Syntype major ( bambusarum   HNS ): HW 1.14, HL 1.20, SL 0.66, EL 0.16, PW 0.56. Syntype minor ( bambusarum   HNS ): HW 0.70, HL 0.78, SL 0.74, EL 0.12, PW 0.44.

color Major: body light brownish yellow except for the gaster and appendages which are pale yellow. Minor: body medium yellow except for the gaster and appendages which are pale yellow. Syntypes of synonymous ogloblini   HNS are yellow (major) or light reddish brown (minor).

Range Known from southern Brazil (Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo) and north-central Argentina (Misiones).

biology The types were collected from large hollow bamboos in a forest near Sao Paulo.

figure Upper: paratype, major of synonymous P. ogloblini Kusnezov   HNS . Lower: syntype, minor of synonymous P. ogloblini Kusnezov   HNS . ARGENTINA: Yacuy, Misiones. (Type locality: Sao Paulo, Brazil, collected by Adolphe Lutz). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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