Pheidole familiaparra, Longino, 2019

Longino, John T., 2019, Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Middle American Wet Forest, Zootaxa 4599 (1), pp. 1-126 : 34-35

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4599.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7CDD24FF-5BA3-4D06-898D-A3E220515D4C

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5586184

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5B56E872-FFA1-4A69-FF32-8F9BFA65EE1B

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Pheidole familiaparra
status

sp. nov.

Pheidole familiaparra new species

( Plate 53 View PLATE 53 )

Pheidole JTL-254: morphospecies code previously used on AntWeb.

HOLOTYPE: 1 major worker, Costa Rica, San José: Ranchos Tinamu , 9.48544 -83.95394 ± 100m, 760m, 9- Jul-2015, montane wet forest, near edge of pasture, at bait (ADMAC, Ba-E- 07-1-02-12) [ MUCR, unique specimen identifier CASENT0631331] . PARATYPES: major, minor workers: same data as holotype [ CAS, DZUP, JTLC, MCZC, MUCR, USNM] .

Geographic range. Costa Rica.

Diagnosis. Minor: face smooth and shining; head tapering posteriorly; occipital carina moderately developed; promesonotal groove present, distinctly impressed; lateral pronotum smooth and shiny; katepisternum uniformly foveate; propodeal spines long, similar in length to posterior face of propodeum; gaster smooth and shining; abundant, flexuous, erect setae on mesosomal dorsum, tibiae, and gastral dorsum; color yellow. Major: inner hypostomal teeth widely spaced, acicular; scape base subterete, narrower than apical portion; face with irregular rugulose foveolate sculpture anteriorly, fading to smooth and shining posteriorly; promesonotal groove impressed; propodeal spines about half length of posterior face of propodeum; gastral dorsum smooth and shining; abundant erect setae on face, sides of head, mesosomal dorsum, tibiae, and gastral dorsum.

Measurements, minor worker: HW 0.69, HL 0.93, SL 1.32, EL 0.17, WL 1.26, PSL 0.21, PTW 0.16, PPW 0.22, CI 74, SI 193, PSLI 31, PPI 143 (n=1).

Measurements, major worker: HW 1.55, HL 1.65, SL 1.24, EL 0.25, WL 1.71, PSL 0.21, PTW 0.28, PPW 0.43, CI 94, SI 80, PSLI 13, PPI 153 (n=2).

Biology. This species occurs in montane wet forest. It is known from ground baits.

Comments. See under P. tinamu . A collection of a major worker from a site in northern Costa Rica, in the Cordillera de Guanacaste, is tentatively identified as this species.

Etymology: In honor of the extended Parra family who helped us during expeditions to the Río Savegre area in 2015: Rafael, Marieugenia, and Daniela Parra from Santa María de Dota, and Santiago Parra from Ranchos Tinamu.

MUCR

Museo de Insectos

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

DZUP

Universidade Federal do Parana, Colecao de Entomologia Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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