Pheidole cataphracta, Wilson, E. O., 2003
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6274362 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A776467B-5365-CBE5-7FBE-9B2BD8600736 |
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Pheidole cataphracta |
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new species |
Pheidole cataphracta HNS new species
Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.
Etymology L cataphracta HNS , fully armored.
Diagnosis A member of the punctatissima HNS group easiliy recognized by the very long propodeal spines, which are about as long as the basal face of the propodeum anterior to them.
Major: dorsum of head completely carinulate except for frontal triangle and mid-clypeus; humerus subangulate; all of mesosoma and petiole foveolate and opaque.
Minor: almost all of head, as well as all of mesosoma and petiole, foveolate and opaque; humerus with protuberant blunt oblique angles.
Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.94, HL 0.96, SL 0.54, EL 0.14, PW 0.46. Paratype minor: HW 0.46, HL 0.50, SL 0.50, EL 0.10, PW 0.32.
Color Major: concolorous yellow except for head, which is dark yellow with a slight reddish tinge. Minor: concolorous medium yellow.
range Recorded from only two collections in Valle Department, Colombia.
Biology Unknown.
Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. COLOMBIA: Mun. Buenaventura, 3.2 km above Rio Aguaclara on the old Cali road, Valle (William L. Brown). Scale bars = 1 mm.
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