Pheidole pilispina, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 733

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275529

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Pheidole pilispina
status

new species

Pheidole pilispina   HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology L pilispina, hairy spine, alluding to the long setae on apices of humeri in minor caste.

Diagnosis Similar to pidax   HNS of Colombia, distinguished from it and other Pheidole   HNS as follows.

Major: yellow; humerus very prominent, in dorsal-oblique view extending from rest of promesonotal profile as a large equilateral triangle; in full-face view occiput much broader than clypeus, and occipital cleft shallow, giving entire head a wedge shape; rugoreticulum extensive from eye to antennal fossa posterior to frontal carina on each side of head; rest of dorsal surface of head carinulate, except for frontal triangle and midclypeus; all of mesosoma and waist foveolate; lateral corners of genae in full-face view right-angulate; postpetiole from above oval.

Minor: humeri bluntly spinose, with a long seta emerging form the apex of each; occiput narrow and with a nuchal collar; all of head, mesosoma, and waist foveolate to varying degree; pilosity sparse.

Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.06, HL 1.12, SL 0.60, EL 0.12, PW 0.54.

Paratype minor: HW 0.56, HL 0.60, SL 0.64, EL 0.10, PW 0.40.

color Major and minor: concolorous medium yellow.

Range Known from the type locality and Barro Colorado Island, Panama.

Biology Unknown.

Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. PANAMA: Nusagandi, San Bias (Leeanne Tennant-Alonso). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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