Pheidole nana Emery
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6276258 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A7357323-1D9C-16EF-6A13-4785B6C57075 |
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Donat |
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Pheidole nana Emery |
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Pheidole nana Emery View in CoL HNS
Pheidole nana Emery HNS 1894d: 158. Raised to species level in this monograph: subreticulata HNS .
Types Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova.
Etymology L nana HNS , dwarf, alluding to small size.
Diagnosis A medium-sized member of the flavens HNS group, most similar to borgmeieri HNS , differing from it and other species of the group as follows.
Major: profile of promesonotum in side view forming a single, smooth, near perfect semicircle; in dorsal-oblique view, humerus rises well above the remainder of the pronotum and the mesonotum; propodeal spine long and thin; postpetiolar node from above bellshaped; carinulae cover dorsal surface of head except for occiput as spaces next to the posterior reaches of the frontal carinae, as well as the frontal triangle and mid-clypeus; anterior margin of pronotum carinulate.
Minor: profile of promesonotum forms a smooth, nearly perfect semicircle; propodeal spines relatively long and thin; frontal carinae and carinulae mesad to it reach almost to occiput.
Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 0.90, HL 0.86, SL 0.54, EL 0.08, PW 0.44.
Paralectotype minor: HW 0.46, HL 0.54, SL 0.46, EL 0.04, PW 0.32.
Color Major: concolorous brownish yellow.
Minor: concolorous yellowish brown.
Range Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Biology Unknown.
figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. BRAZIL: Mato Grosso. Scale bars = 1 mm.
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