Pheidole tetroides, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 352

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6274932

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Pheidole tetroides
status

new species

Pheidole tetroides   HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

etymology Gr tetroides   HNS , similar to tetra   HNS (species of Pheidole   HNS ), four, significance unknown.

Diagnosis A member of the fallax   HNS group resembling the species listed in the heading above in various characters, distinguished as follows.

Major: in full-face view the occipital margin is deep, with a subangular nadir; rugoreticulum of head extends in a swath from eye to antennal fossa; carinulae of dorsal surface of head extend almost to midpoint between level of eyes and level of occiput, and foveolation extends well beyond the midpoint; humerus in dorsal-oblique view angulate, and pronotal profile bilobose; propodeal spines strongly developed; postpetiole from above elliptical, with angulate lateral margins; anterior and posterior margins of pronotal dorsum carinulate.

Minor: closely resembles that of tetra   HNS in the crassicornis   HNS group (q.v.).

Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.16, HL 1.24, SL 0.76, EL 0.18, PW 0.64.

Paratype minor: HW 0.56, HL 0.66, SL 0.76, EL 0.14, PW 0.40.

color Major: light reddish brown except for gaster, which is medium reddish brown.

Minor: concolorous plain medium brown; appendages light brown, changing to yellow on the tarsi.

Range Known only from the type locality.

biology The types were attracted to a bait at night.

Figure Holotype, major. [Paratype minors closely resemble minors of tetra   HNS (q.v.).] MEXICO: 38 km southeast of Tepic, Nayarit, 1220 m (R. J. Hamton). Scale bar = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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