Pheidole atticola, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 375

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6276068

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/75EF3584-6814-FBCC-3222-53105CE58543

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Donat

scientific name

Pheidole atticola
status

new status

Pheidole atticola   HNS Forel, new status

Pheidole nana r. atticola   HNS Forel 1912g: 236

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

etymology L atticola   HNS , living with Atta   HNS (leafcutter ants).

Diagnosis Similar in various traits to the species listed in the heading above, distinguished as follows.

Major: propodeal spine more than half as long as propodeal basal face, and curving slightly backward; pronotum covered by curving carinulae, some of which are semicircular; hypostoma 2-toothed; mesonotal convexity present although low and indistinct; postpetiole from above elliptical.

Minor: broken carinulae extend from frontal lobes to occiput; propodeal spine nearly half as long as propodeal basal face, and curving forward; occiput narrowed, with weakly convex border, and lacking nuchal collar. Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.04, HL 1.02, SL 0.56, EL 0.12, PW 0.48. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.52, HL 0.54, SL 0.52, EL 0.10, PW 0.32.

Color Major: head and appendages light reddish yellow; rest of body light reddish brown. Minor: body light brownish yellow, appendages clear medium yellow.

Range Known only from the type locality.

biology The type colony was found in a nest of the large leafcutter ant Acromyrmex lundii   HNS ; no further data were given by the collector.

Figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. ARGENTINA: La Plata, Buenos Aires. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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