Pheidole hitoy, Longino, 2019
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4599.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7CDD24FF-5BA3-4D06-898D-A3E220515D4C |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5586192 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5B56E872-FFA4-4A6F-FF32-88E3FDA0E87C |
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Plazi |
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Pheidole hitoy |
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sp. nov. |
Pheidole hitoy new species
( Plate 38 View PLATE 38 )
Pheidole JTL-245: morphospecies code previously used on AntWeb.
HOLOTYPE: 1 major worker, Costa Rica, Limón: Res. Biol. Hitoy-Cerere, 9.66824 -83.02232 ± 50 m, 170 m, 12-Jun-2015, tropical rainforest, at bait (ADMAC, Ba-E- 02-2-02-15) [ MUCR, unique specimen identifier CASENT0644296] . PARATYPES: major and minor worker: same data as holotype [ JTLC, MCZC, MUCR] ; same data except 9.6671 -83.02202 ± 50 m, 180 m (Ba-E- 02-2-04-06) [ CAS, DZUP, JTLC, USNM] .
Geographic range. Costa Rica.
Diagnosis. Minor: face smooth and shining; head rounded behind, with thin occipital carina; promesonotal groove present, distinctly impressed; anterior face of pronotum foveolate with a few transverse carinulae dorsal face smooth and shining, lateral face mostly smooth with some faint foveolation along ventral margin; katepisternum foveolate; propodeal spines long and thin, about as long as posterior face of propodeum; gaster smooth and shining; mesosomal and gastral dorsum with abundant flexuous erect setae; tibiae with erect setae; color red brown. Major: inner hypostomal teeth widely spaced, acicular; scape base terete; face mostly smooth and shining, with longitudinal carinulae between eye and frontal carinae, irregular faint patches of foveolation elsewhere; propodeal spines about as long as posterior face of propodeum; gastral dorsum smooth and shining; side of head with erect setae; mesosomal and gastral dorsum with abundant flexuous erect setae; tibiae with erect setae.
Measurements, minor worker: HW 0.58, HL 0.70, SL 0.93, EL 0.14, WL 0.92, PSL 0.15, PTW 0.10, PPW 0.17, CI 82, SI 162, PSLI 27, PPI 162 (n=2).
Measurements, major worker: HW 1.18, HL 1.28, SL 0.96, EL 0.18, WL 1.20, PSL 0.17, PTW 0.19, PPW 0.28, CI 92, SI 81, PSLI 14, PPI 149 (n=2).
Biology. This species occurs in lowland rainforest. Minor and major workers recruit to ground baits.
Comments. This species is very similar to P. indagatrix , differing in the longer propodeal spines (minor worker PSLI ~27 vs. <20).
Etymology: From the type locality.
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