Pheidole wardi, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 634

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6274402

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DAAA1E71-D066-3ECD-6602-04D054B9ACBB

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Donat

scientific name

Pheidole wardi
status

new species

Pheidole wardi   HNS new species

TYPES Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

etymology Named after the distinguished myrmecologist and field biologist Philip S. Ward.

Diagnosis A very distinctive species, easily distinguished by the following combination of traits.

Major: posterior profile of dorsal head surface strongly concave; hypostomum 2-toothed; entire posterior half of cephalic dorsum and all of promesonotum rugoreticulate; propodeal spines very long and stout.

Minor: occiput and promesonotum rugoreticulate; lateral thirds of head in full-face view rugulose; humeri cornulate; propodeal spines very long and thin.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.04, HL 1.10, SL 0.50, EL 0.14, PW 0.62. Paratype minor: HW 0.52, HL 0.52, SL 0.44, EL 0.10, PW 0.36.

Color Major: gaster and legs yellowish brown, rest of body and mandible reddish brown. Minor: concolorous brownish yellow.

Range Known only from the type locality.

Biology Collected in lowland rainforest.

Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. HONDURAS: Lancetilla, near Tela (William L. Brown). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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