Pheidole quercicola, Wilson, E. O., 2003
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6276315 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/613DDEB5-8D14-4669-52F6-6A58A24C04B0 |
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Pheidole quercicola |
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new species |
Pheidole quercicola HNS new species
TYPES Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.
Etymology L quercicola HNS , oak-dwelling, allusion to habitat of type colony.
diagnosis Similar in various traits to bilimeki HNS , chalca HNS , daphne HNS , floridana HNS , furtiva HNS , nebulosa HNS , specularis HNS , and stomachosa HNS , differing as follows.
Major: yellow; profde of promesonotal dorsum flat in side view, descending to metanotum in steep posterior face; humerus discrete and lobose in dorsal-oblique view; occiput broad and deeply concave; postpetiole conate from above; posterior half of head smooth and shiny; and anterior half of dorsal surface of head carinulate; lower margin of pronotum carinulate; middle of mesopleuron with band of broken rugulae.
Minor: occiput broad, strongly concave; promesonotal profde semicircular; propodeal spine equilaterally triangular; postpetiolar node
strongly developed in side view; almost all of body smooth and shiny.
Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.06, HL 1.12, SL 0.50, EL 0.14, PW 0.54.
Paratype minor: HW 0.52, HL 0.58, SL 0.48, EL 0.08, PW 0.34.
Color Major: concolorous medium yellow.
Minor: concolorous light yellow.
Range Known only from the type locality.
Biology The type colony was collected at a relatively high elevation in humid pine-oak forest.
Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. MEXICO: vicinity of Omilteme, Guerrero, 2300-2500 m (Cornell University Field Party, 1965). Scale bars = 1 mm.
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