Pheidole carapuna

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 672

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275392

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scientific name

Pheidole carapuna
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Pheidole carapuna View in CoL   HNS Mann

Pheidole carapuna   HNS Mann 1916: 432. Syn.: Pheidole carapuna var. chaquimayensis Wheeler   HNS 1925a: 20, n. syn.

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology Unknown.

Diagnosis A small, brownish red (major) to yellow (minor) species belonging to a group of ambiguous species composing the " carapuna   HNS complex" ( boltoni   HNS , carapuna   HNS , cornicula   HNS , cuprina   HNS , eriophora   HNS , jivaro   HNS , manuana   HNS , and tristicula   HNS ). All are relatively small in size, with the major possessing a reduced mesonotal convexity, as well as cephalic sculpturing that consists entirely of longitudinal carinulae extending to or almost to the occipital border seen in full-face view. All also have a minor with a broad, concave occiput, which lacks a collar.

Among these species, P. carapuna   HNS is close to tristicula   HNS (q.v.), distinguished in the major by its darker color, reduced pronotal carinulae and absence of carinulae in the posteriormost lateral quarters of the dorsal head surface seen in full-face view.

Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.08, HL 1.28, SL 0.60, EL 0.14, PW 0.60.

Paralectotype minor: HW 0.48, HL 0.52, SL 0.44, EL 0.08, PW 0.32.

Color Major: body and head a rich medium brownish red, gaster light brown.

Minor: concolorous light yellow.

Range Amazonian Brazil and Peru north to Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and the southern Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica and Honduras.

Biology In Costa Rica, Longino (1997) found carapuna   HNS in lowland rainforest, where it nests and forages on and near the forest floor. In Costa Rica's Corcovado National Park, he discovered a nest under the bark of a rotten log, and elsewhere observed workers recruiting at night to a dead tabanid fly on a vertical tree trunk close to the ground.

Figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. BRAZIL: Madeira-Mamore rail track; km 284, Rondonia (William M. Mann). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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