Pheidole bakeri

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 660

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275366

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scientific name

Pheidole bakeri
status

 

Pheidole bakeri   HNS Forel

Pheidole bakeri   HNS Forel 1912c: 82.

Types Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneve; Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology Eponymous.

Diagnosis Most similar to androsana   HNS of the Bahamas, from which it differs principally by the smooth and shiny posterior half of the major's head capsule and carinulate mesopleuron, as well as by its longer propodeal spines. Measurements (mm) Syntype major: HW 1.60, HL 1.90, SL (not measured), EL 0.22, PW 0.80. Syntype minor: HW 0.60, HL 0.64, SL 0.62, EL 0.12, PW 0.40.

Color Major: concolorous medium yellow with a slight reddish tinge, hence light "orange." Minor: concolorous medium yellow.

Range Known only from Cuba (Havana and San Bias, Pinar del Rio).

Biology Unknown.

Figure Upper: syntype, major (damaged specimen; outline of antenna drawn from specimen collected at San Bias, Pinar del Rio). Lower: syntype, minor. CUBA: Havana. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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