Pheidole huilana, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 710

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275478

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/69FE23FE-84E1-6B0C-E3E0-40D712D9ADA5

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scientific name

Pheidole huilana
status

new species

Pheidole huilana   HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology Named after the Colombian department in which the type colony was collected.

diagnosis Similar in various traits to balzani   HNS , gaigei   HNS , and godmani   HNS , differing as follows.

Major: head very broad, with Head Width greater than Head Length, and tapering from occiput to clypeus; antennal scape long, approaching the occipital corner within about its own maximum width; eye large, set forward, Eye Length almost as great as the distance from eye to anterior genal border; promesonotal dorsum flat; mesonotal convexity very low; entire head posterior to eyes smooth and shiny.

Minor: eye large and set forward, with Eye Length equal to distance from eye to anterior genal border; occiput broad, yet with nuchal collar; propodeal spines reduced to denticles.

Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.04, HL 1.00, SL 0.74, EL 0.20, PW 0.52. Paratype minor: HW 0.56, HL 0.66, SL 0.76, EL 0.14, PW 0.34. Color Major: body medium reddish brown, appendages dark yellow. Minor: body yellowish brown, legs dark yellow.

range Known only from the type locality.

biology The colony was found in cloud forest, and included a male when collected on 16 January 1978.

figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. COLOMBIA: Parque Nacional Cuevas de los Guacharos, 10 km southeast of Palestina, Huila, 2200 m (C. Kugler and J. Hahn). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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