Pheidole polita Emery, 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 734

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275531

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Pheidole polita Emery
status

new status

Pheidole polita Emery   HNS , new status

Pheidole fabricator var. polita Emery   HNS 1894d: 155. Synonymy: Pheidole wheeleri   HNS Mann 1916: 431, n. syn.

Types Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova.

Etymology l polita   HNS , smooth, polished.

Diagnosis A shiny, reddish or brownish yellow member of the tristis   HNS group, somewhat similar to balzani   HNS , fabricator   HNS , nigella   HNS , and tristis   HNS but immediately distinguishable from these and other species in the group by the following traits.

Major and minor: body mostly smooth and shiny, reddish brown; humeri very prominently angulate, in major seen from above extending well beyond the lower sides of the pronotum; hind tibiae greatly swollen. Major: occipital border in full-face view very broadly and moderately concave. Measurements (mm) Major ( polita   HNS lectotype): HW 1.20, HL 1.20, SL 0.62, EL 0.12, PW 0.62. Minor ( polita   HNS paralectotype): HW 0.64, HL 0.66, SL 0.60, EL 0.08, PW 0.40.

Color Major ( polita   HNS lectotype): body brownish yellow, appendages dark yellow ( wheeleri   HNS types are medium to light reddish brown, appendages a lighter shade of reddish brown).

Minor: concolorous yellowish brown ( wheeleri   HNS types have body medium reddish brown, appendages yellowish to reddish brown.

Range Rio Beni, Bolivia ( polita   HNS types); Rio Madeira, Rondonia, Brazil ( wheeleri   HNS types); and Cuzco Amazonico, near Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru.

biology At Cuzco Amazonico, Peru, Stefan Cover and John E. Tobin found a dense population of this species in a large clearing filled with logging detritus.

Figure Upper: major (syntype of synonymous wheeleri   HNS ). Lower: minor (syntype of synonymous wheeleri   HNS ). Hind tibia shown in both castes. (Type locality: Rio Beni, Bolivia, Luigi Balzan.) Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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