Pheidole chloe, Wilson, E. O., 2003
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Pheidole chloe |
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Pheidole chloe HNS Forel, new status
Pheidole goeldii subsp. chloe HNS Forel 1908c: 56.
Types Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneve; Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.
Etymology Gr chloe HNS , first green shoots of plants in spring, allusion unknown.
diagnosis A member of the flavens HNS group close to striaticeps HNS of Mexico and Central America (and a possible synonym of it), much less so to the other species listed in the heading, and distinguished as follows.
Major: antennal scrobes present; entire dorsal surface of head, except for frontal triangle, covered by longitudinal carinulae, which do not curve inwardly toward midline at occiput; humerus subangulate in dorsal-oblique view; mesonotal convexity absent in both side and dorsal-oblique views; head wider than long (HW/HL 1.04); pronotum lacks transverse carinulae. Minor: longitudinal carinulae stretch from mesopleuron to sides of propodeum. Measurements (mm) Syntype major: HW 1.00, HL 0.96, SL 0.56, EL 0.14, PW 0.50. Syntype minor: PW 0.36 (head missing in syntype available). Color Major: concolorous light reddish brown. Minor: body brownish yellow (color of head unknown).
Range Costa Rica and Mexico. Longino (1997) does not distinguish this species from striaticeps HNS , although the two appear to be different. He reports " striaticeps HNS , " which may include both species, from the Atlantic slope to 500 m and Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica.
Biology Longino (1997) reports " striaticeps HNS ," which as noted, may include both true striaticeps HNS and chloe HNS , from mature rainforest, nesting beneath the bark of rotten stumps and logs.
Figure Upper: syntype, major. Lower: syntype, minor. COSTA RICA: La Caja, vicinity of San Jose, 1100 m (Paul Biolley). Scale bar = 1 mm.
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