Pheidole diversipilosa Wheeler

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 153

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20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6273800

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scientific name

Pheidole diversipilosa Wheeler
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Pheidole diversipilosa Wheeler View in CoL   HNS

Pheidole crassicornis var. diversipilosa Wheeler   HNS 1908h: 467. Raised to species level by Naves 1985: 61. Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology L diversipilosa   HNS , different (variable) hair, alluding to the major.

diagnosis Very close to crassicornis   HNS from which it differs in the major by abundant pilosity on the mesosoma and gaster, and tetra   HNS , from which it differs in the major by the much shorter pilosity on the first gastral tergite and by sparseness or absence of pilosity on the waist and occiput.

Also resembles pilosior   HNS and porcula   HNS in various traits as depicted.

Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.26, HL 1.34, SL 0.66, EL 0.20, PW 0.66. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.66, HL 0.74, SL 0.76, EL 0.16, PW 0.46. color Major and minor: body medium reddish brown, appendages light reddish brown. Range Southwestern Texas to the mountains of southern and central Arizona.

Biology According to Stefan Cover (personal communication), diversipilosa   HNS is common at mid-elevations (1050-1900 m), favoring oak-pine-juniper forests, especially those in creek valleys, where it nests under rocks and in open soil. Colonies have single queens and large populations, which can exceed 1000 workers. Seed caches have been found in some nests.

Figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. TEXAS: Ft. Davis, southwestern Texas (W. M. Wheeler). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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