Pheidole deima, Wilson, E. O., 2003
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6273560 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F04384BF-EEC8-BC83-7B3E-A1BF45E6BE30 |
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Pheidole deima |
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new species |
Pheidole deima HNS new species
Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.
Etymology Gr deima, a fearful thing.
diagnosis A member of the distorta HNS group, characterized by the following combination of traits.
Major: central half of head in side view moderately concave; almost entire head, including genae and frontal lobes, strongly rugoreticulate; also, all of mesosoma and dorsum of petiolar node rugoreticulate; dorsum of postpetiolar node longitudinally carinulate; central section of anterior third of first gastral tergite striate; premesonotal profile weakly bilobed and overall symmetrical; propodeal spines robust, as long as the basal propodeal face.
Minor: all of posterior half of cephalic dorsum except for central strip rugoreticulate; pronotal dorsum rugoreticulate; central strip of anterior third of first gastral tergite striate; propodeal spines extremely long. measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.74, HL 1.92, SL 0.80, EL 0.20, PW 0.84. Paratype minor: HW 0.80, HL 0.84, SL 0.76, EL 0.16, PW 0.54.
Color Major: body dark brown, appendages medium brown except for tarsi, which are yellow. Minor: body medium brown, appendages light brown.
range Known only from the type locality.
Biology Unknown.
figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. BRAZIL: World Wildlife Fund-U. S. Field Station, 90 km north of Manaus (H. G. Fowler). Scale bars = 1 mm.
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