Pheidole tayrona, Wilson, E. O., 2003
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Pheidole tayrona |
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new species |
Pheidole tayrona HNS new species
Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.
etymology Named after the Tayrona HNS Park, in the region of origin.
Diagnosis A small, medium-brown member of the flavens HNS group with yellow appendages, marked in the major by distinct antennal scrobes with rugoreticulum confined to a small region just posterior to the scrobes.
Similar to charazana HNS of Colombia but the major differs in its lack of rugoreticulum on the humerus, shorter head, and more prominent mesonotal convexity.
See also bruchella HNS , kuna HNS , micon HNS , and tillandsiarum HNS .
Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.74, HL 0.80, SL 0.44, EL 0.12, PW 0.38. color Major and minor: body medium brown, appendages yellow.
range Known only from the type locality.
biology Unknown.
Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. COLOMBIA: Pueblito to south boundary of Tayrona Park, Magdalena (C. Kugler). Scale bars = 1 mm.
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