Pheidole naylae, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 727

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275514

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Pheidole naylae
status

new species

Pheidole naylae   HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard and collection of the Cuban myrmecologist J. Fontenla.

Etymology In honor of Nay la Fontenla.

Diagnosis Major: unknown.

Minor: a medium-sized yellowish brown member of the tristis   HNS group, whose minor has very long, straight needle-like propodeal spines, prominent teeth on the humerus, low petiole that is bell-shaped from above, and parallel transverse carinulae and rugulae covering the sides of the head, the occiput, and most of the pronotal dorsum.

Similar to the minor workers of alayoi   HNS , cubaensis   HNS , and macromischoides   HNS of Cuba and androsana   HNS of the Bahamas, differing in many traits of body form, sculpturing, and pilosity, as illustrated, and color.

Measurements (mm) Holotype minor: HW 0.64, HL 0.76, SL 0.84, EL 0.14, PW 0.44

Color Body yellowish brown, appendages dark yellow.

Range Known only from the type locality.

Biology Pit trap, wet forest (A. Perez).

Figure Holotype, minor. (Major unknown.) CUBA: "El Poal," Jaguani, Guantanamo (A. Perez). Scale bar = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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