Pheidole boltoni, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 666

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275380

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scientific name

Pheidole boltoni
status

new species

Pheidole boltoni   HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

etymology Named in honor of the distinguished British ant systematist Barry Bolton.

diagnosis A small, bicolorous species belonging to an ambiguous cluster composing the " carapuna   HNS complex" ( boltoni   HNS , carapuna   HNS , cornicula   HNS , cuprina   HNS , eriophora   HNS , jivaro   HNS , manuana   HNS , tristicula   HNS ) close to the flavens   HNS group. All are relatively small in size, with the major possessing a reduced mesonotal convexity and cephalic sculpturing, composed in turn entirely of longitudinal carinulae that extend to or close to the occipital border viewed in full face. All also have a minor with a broad, concave occiput, which lacks a nuchal collar. Among these species, P. boltoni   HNS is distinguished as follows.

Major: relatively flat profile of the promesonotum in dorsal-oblique view; eye set well forward so that its anterior margin is the same distance from the anterior genal border as the Eye Length; small, obtuse-angulate mesonotal convexity; and smooth, shiny occiput, postpetiolar node, and first gastral tergite.

Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.06, HL 1.06, SL 0.62, EL 0.18, PW 0.48. Paratype minor: HW 0.60, HL 0.60, SL 0.60, EL 0.12, PW 0.34.

color Major: head dark reddish yellow, rest of body light reddish brown, legs dark yellow. Minor: concolorous dark yellow.

Range Known from only two collections at the type locality.

biology Found by Longino (1997) nesting in epiphyte clumps in wet forest.

figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. COSTA RICA: 8 km north of Volcano Barba, Heredia, lO0^^ r^Oew, 1830 m (J. T. Longino). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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