Pheidole coffeicola Borgmeier

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA, USA: Harvard University Press : 182

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275705

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Pheidole coffeicola Borgmeier
status

 

Pheidole coffeicola Borgmeier View in CoL   HNS

Pheidole coffeicola Borgmeier   HNS 1934: 98.

Types Mus. Zool. Univ. Sao Paulo; Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology L coffeicola   HNS , living with coffee, referring to the coffee plantation where the type colony was collected.

diagnosis A medium-sized, dark yellow species close to variegata   HNS (q.v.), and possibly synonymous, differing in the major in its more protuberant, subangular humerus, shorter postpetiolar node, much less extensive rugoreticulum on the head, and color. P. coffeicola   HNS may also be distinguished by the presence of abundant short, decumbent hairs (and no erect hairs) in the minor. See also less similar laevifrons   HNS , mooreorum   HNS , pubiventris   HNS , seeldrayersi   HNS , and zelata   HNS .

Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.22, HL 1.16, SL 0.84, EL 0.20, PW 0.56.

Paralectotype minor: HW 0.56, HL 0.74, SL 0.96, EL 0.14, PW 0.40.

color Major and minor: concolorous dark yellow.

Range Suriname, also recorded by Kempf (1972b) from Para, Brazil.

Biology Unknown.

Figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. SURINAME: Paramaribo. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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