Pheidole cuprina, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 678

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275405

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scientific name

Pheidole cuprina
status

new species

Pheidole cuprina   HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology L cuprina   HNS , of copper, referring to the color.

Diagnosis A small, reddish yellow species belonging to a group of ambiguous species composing the " carapuna   HNS complex" (see list in heading above), close to the flavens   HNS group and possibly better placed there. 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. All also have a minor with a broad, concave occiput, which lacks a collar. Among these species, P. cuprina   HNS is close to carapuna   HNS but distinguished from it by color and the absence of foveolation on the postpetiolar node of the major and posterior three-fourths of the dorsal head surface of the minor. Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.02, HL 1.16, SL 0.58, EL 0.16, PW 0.56. Paratype minor: HW 0.60, HL 0.66, SL 0.56, EL 0.12, PW 0.38. color Major and minor: concolorous medium yellow, with slight reddish tinge.

Range I have seen an additional series of cuprina   HNS from Tingo Maria, Madre de Dios, Peru, collected by W. L. Brown.

biology The type colony was found in terra firme forest nesting in a rotten branch on the litter surface of the ground. It comprised a

single queen and several hundred workers (Stefan Cover, personal communication).

figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. PERU: Cuzco Amazonico, 15 km northeast of Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, 200 m (Stefan Cover). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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