Pheidole sigillata, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 754

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275587

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Pheidole sigillata
status

new species

Pheidole sigillata   HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

etymology L sigillata   HNS , adorned with little figures or marks, referring to variable sculpturing among different parts of body.

diagnosis Similar in various traits to aper   HNS , bambusarum   HNS , brevicona   HNS , dyctiota   HNS , laeviventris   HNS , lutzi   HNS , risii   HNS , rugatula   HNS , senilis   HNS , trachyderma   HNS , and traini   HNS , differing as follows.

Major: vertex and sides of dorsal surface of head rugoreticulate; occipital lobes foveolate and opaque; frontal lobes carinulate; pronotal dorsum rugoreticulate; sides of pronotum rugulose; metanotum sparsely rugulose; propodeal spines equilaterally triangular. Minor: occiput slightly constricted, but lacking nuchal collar; occiput, sides of head, and mid-clypeus in full-face view rugoreticulate; promesonotal dorsum rugoreticulate; propodeal spines equilaterally triangular. Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.34, HL 1.38, SL 0.56, EL 0.12, PW 0.64. Paratype minor: HW 0.54, HL 0.56, SL 0.54, EL 0.10, PW 0.38. Color Major: concolorous light brown.

Minor: body yellowish brown except for anterior fourth of head capsule, which is a lighter shade of brownish yellow; appendages brownish yellow.

Range Known from the type locality.

Biology The type colony was found in lowland rainforest.

figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Caraguatatuba Reserva Florestal, Sao Paulo, 40-80 m (William L. Brown). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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