Pheidole ectatommoides, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 683

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275417

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scientific name

Pheidole ectatommoides
status

new species

Pheidole ectatommoides   HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology L ectatommoides   HNS , referring to the distinctive sculpturing of the minor especially, reminiscent of ectatommoid ponerine ants.

diagnosis A highly distinctive species with some resemblance to arietans   HNS , glyphoderma   HNS , and triumbonata   HNS , but instantly recognizable by the unique pattern of sculpturing, especially on the minor worker, as illustrated. Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.98, HL 2.12, SL 0.90, EL 0.24, PW 0.86. Paratype minor: HW 0.74, HL 0.80, SL 0.84, EL 0.20, PW 0.50.

color Major: head, mesosoma, and waist light reddish brown; appendages and gaster reddish yellow. Minor: head and mesosoma reddish yellow; waist, gaster, and appendages plain medium yellow.

Range Recorded from Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador. J. T. Longino (1997) found the species in Costa Rica on the Atlantic slope.

Biology Longino (1997) discovered workers foraging at night on the ground and on a fallen branch in a forest. At several localities across the range, caches of seeds have been found in the nests.

Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. COSTA RICA: Rio Toro Amarillo, near Guapiles (William L. Brown). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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