Pheidole zelata, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA, USA: Harvard University Press : 250

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275846

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F98828EC-EB00-CB74-0F55-6891464703B3

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scientific name

Pheidole zelata
status

new species

Pheidole zelata   HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology L zelata   HNS , ardent, enthusiastic.

Diagnosis A member of the diligens   HNS group similar in various characters to coffeicola   HNS , gagates   HNS , hoelldobleri   HNS , mooreorum   HNS , peregrina   HNS , spilota   HNS , and venatrix   HNS , distinguished as follows.

Major: reddish yellow; propodeal spine long, narrow, needle-like; rugoreticulum present between eye and antennal fossa; pronotal dorsum, foveolate, its anterior fourth transversely carinulate; anterior face of propodeum seen in dorsal-oblique view drops precipitously to metanotum; a small convexity present in middle of pronotal dorsum.

Minor: propodeal spine thin, needle-like; space between eye and antennal fossa both foveolate and carinulate; rest of head smooth; all of mesosoma foveolate; pilosity on dorsal mesosomal border consists of evenly spaced pairs of setae. Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.22, HL 1.22, SL 0.92, EL 0.22, PW 0.60. Paratype minor: HW 0.60, HL 0.68, SL 0.90, EL 0.18, PW 0.42.

color Major: light reddish yellow except for head anterior to eyes and appendages, which are plain yellow.

Minor: head and body light brown except head anterior to eyes and gaster, which are brownish yellow; antennae brownish yellow; rest of appendages plain yellow.

Range Known only from the type locality.

Biology The majors and minors in the type series were collected as foragers on the ground of rainforest.

figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. BOLIVIA: 35 km south-southeast of Flor de Oro, Santa Cruz, 13°50'S 60°52W, 450 m (Philip S. Ward). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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