Pheidole thrasys, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 631

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3507436

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scientific name

Pheidole thrasys
status

new species

Pheidole thrasys   HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology Gr thrasys   HNS , bold, courageous.

Diagnosis A member of the scrobifera   HNS group known only from the minor, close to arctos   HNS of northeastern Mexico and epetrion   HNS of Ecuador, differing in the narrowed occiput, possession of a nuchal collar, and completely smooth and shiny mesonotum; also close to simonsi   HNS , differing in its narrower occiput, well-developed nuchal collar, and yellow tarsi.

Measurements (mm) Holotype minor: HW 0.60, HL 0.62, SL 0.60, EL 0.12, PW 0.40.

Color Minor: body dark brown, tarsi yellow, rest of appendages light yellow.

Range Known only from the type locality, and from Lancetilla, near Tela, Honduras (W. L. Brown).

Biology The Honduras series was collected in wet lowland forest.

Figure Holotype, minor. PANAMA: Barro Colorado Island (William L. Brown and Elwood S. McCluskey). Scale bar = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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