Pheidole cardinalis, Wilson, E. O., 2003
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Pheidole cardinalis |
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new species |
Pheidole cardinalis HNS new species
Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.
Etymology L cardinalis HNS , red.
diagnosis A member of the fallax HNS group, closest to caribbaea HNS , kukrana HNS , mantilla HNS , obscurior HNS , and rubiceps HNS (also scan alienata HNS , fallax HNS , jelskii HNS , laniger HNS , lattkei HNS , lovejoyi, petrensis HNS , puttemansi HNS , roushae HNS , susannae HNS , tobini HNS ), distinguished by the following combination of traits.
Major: brownish red, with yellow appendages; pilosity of posterior dorsal profde of head a mix of dense, uniform, medium-length semierect hairs and sparse, much longer erect hairs; occiput, frontal lobes, and vertex carinulate; area between eye and vertex rugoreticulate; the tip of the antennal scape comes to within a distance equal to the maximum scape width of the occipital border; shagreened and opaque.
Minor: nuchal collar present; propodeal spines reduced to denticles.
Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.40, HL 1.50, SL 1.04, EL 0.22, PW 0.66.
Paratype minor: HW 0.52, HL 0.74, SL 0.94, EL 0.14, PW 0.66.
color Major: body medium brownish red ("brick red") except for genae anterior to eyes, which, along with the appendages, are reddish yellow.
Minor: body concolorous light brown; appendages yellowish brown.
range Known only from the type locality.
biology The type colony came from an earthen nest.
Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. BRAZIL: Serra Caraca, Minas Gerais, 1380 m (K. Lenko). Scale bars = 1 mm.
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