Pheidole nigella Emery, 2003
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Pheidole nigella Emery |
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Pheidole nigella Emery HNS , new status
Pheidole fabricator var. nigella Emery HNS 1894d: 155. Syn.: Pheidole dimidiata Emery HNS 1894d: 160, n. syn. Raised to species level in this monograph: nitidicollis HNS , schmalzi HNS .
Types Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova.
Etymology L nigella HNS , little dark one.
diagnosis A member of the tristis HNS group similar to balzani HNS , fabricator HNS , and tristis HNS , and distinguished from these and other species in the group by the following traits.
Major: small and dark; occiput with very broad, moderately deep median occipital concavity in full-face view; humerus in dorsaloblique view a low, smooth convexity that runs almost indistinguishably into the mesothorax; mesothoracic convexity extremely reduced, barely visible; postpetiolar node oval; weak longitudinal carinulae cover sides of pronotum.
Minor: humerus with low blunt denticle in dorsal-oblique view; pronotum and mesonotum indistinguishable in a single profile; mesonotal convexity absent.
Measurements (mm) Major ( nigella HNS lectotype): HW 1.06, HL 1.10, SL 0.60, EL 0.14, PW 0.50. Minor: HW 0.54, HL 0.60, SL 0.54, EL 0.10, PW 0.38.
Color Major and minor: body concolorous medium brown, appendages brownish yellow.
Range Known from Bolivia and Peru.
Biology Unknown.
figure Upper: major (syntype of synonymous P. dimidiata Emery HNS ). Lower: minor (syntype of synonymous P. dimidiata Emery HNS ). BOLIVIA: Salinas, Rio Beni, Bolivia; Luigi Balzan. (Type locality of nigella HNS : also Salinas, Rio Beni, Bolivia; Luigi Balzan.) Scale bars = 1 mm.
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