Pheidole citrina, Wilson, E. O., 2003
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6276117 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EB7AD087-7868-1B54-33DE-A8F8271E2E7F |
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Pheidole citrina |
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new species |
Pheidole citrina HNS new species
Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.
Etymology L citrina HNS , of citron, referring to yellow body color.
Diagnosis A very small, yellow member of the flavens HNS group whose major is marked by its strongly curved propodeal spine (as though the tip had "melted" backward); long scapes, which reach the occipital comers; all of the sculpturing on the anterior half of the head consisting of longitudinal carinulae, with the posterior half smooth and shiny; and pronotal humerus in dorsal-oblique view rounded. Similar to onyx HNS , but in the major, citrina HNS has a more curved propodeal spine, far less carinulation on the dorsal head surface, and longer scapes, among other differences. See also the less similar grex HNS and humida HNS .
Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.66, HL 0.70, SL 0.54, EL 0.06, PW 0.38.
Paratype minor: HW 0.46, HL 0.50, SL 0.54, EL 0.10, PW 0.28.
Color Major and minor: concolorous yellow.
Range Atlantic lowlands of Costa Rica (Longino 1997).
Biology Collected from leaf litter in wet forest.
figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. COSTA RICA: La Selva Biological Station, near Puerto Viejo (M. Byrne). Scale bars = 1 mm.
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