Pheidole hispaniolae, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 707

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275472

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scientific name

Pheidole hispaniolae
status

new species

Pheidole hispaniolae   HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology Named after the Greater Antillean island of origin.

diagnosis Similar in various traits to balzani   HNS , brunnescens   HNS , exarata   HNS , excubitor   HNS , fabricator   HNS , germaini   HNS , nigella   HNS , prattorum   HNS , sabina   HNS , sarpedon   HNS , tristis   HNS , tristops   HNS , and unicornis   HNS , differing as follows.

Major: head subquadrate, with gently convex sides and deep occipital cleft; promesonotal profile flat; propodeal spines thin, almost needle-like; petiolar node in side view tapered to a blunt point; postpetiolar node 2X broader than petiolar node in dorsal view, and cone-shaped; posterior third of dorsal head surface smooth and mostly shiny, sprinkled with widely spaced foveae; no rugoreticulum present anywhere; promesonotum carinulate.

Minor: occiput broad, lacking nuchal collar; humeri dentate; promesonotal profile smoothly semicircular; promesonotum partially carinulate; most of body smooth and shiny.

Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.64, HL 1.86, SL 0.86, EL 0.20, PW 0.78. Paratype minor: HW 0.66, HL 0.74, SL 0.78, EL 0.14, PW 0.46.

color Major: body light reddish brown, mandibles medium reddish brown, legs plain medium yellow. Minor: light to medium brownish yellow, legs plain medium yellow.

range Known from the type locality and other sites at 1100-1500 m in the Dominican Republic.

Biology The type colony was found in a rotting log in second-growth mountain rainforest. Other colonies were found in pine and mixed pine-hardwood forests. One nest contained males when discovered in April.

Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 14 km northwest of Bonao, 19°02N 70°30'W, 1100 m (Philip S. Ward). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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