Pheidole gigaflavens, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 696

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275448

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/24DE9903-8BD3-857E-B32F-756EFA52C726

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scientific name

Pheidole gigaflavens
status

new species

Pheidole gigaflavens   HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

etymology Gr L gigaflavens   HNS , giant flavens   HNS , alluding to closeness to flavens   HNS group and large size.

diagnosis An unusual species that mixes traits of the tristis   HNS and flavens   HNS groups, and is tentatively placed in the former. Major: postpetiolar node from above very wide, bell-shaped; mesonotal convexity rudimentary; propodeal spine broad, and equilaterally triangular; petiolar node in side view tapered to a point; occiput narrower than anterior clypeal border; pilosity very sparse.

Minor: all of body except frontal triangle, mid-clypeus, and gaster foveolate and opaque; humerus subangulate in dorsaloblique view; propodeal spines reduced to denticles; petiolar node in side view tapered to a blunt point; pilosity very sparse. Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.36, HL 1.46, SL 0.64, EL 0.20, PW 0.66. Paratype minor: HW 0.54, HL 0.62, SL 0.58, EL 0.10, PW 0.34. color Major: body concolorous medium reddish brown, legs light reddish brown. Minor: body medium yellowish brown (head darker than rest), legs light yellowish brown.

Range Known from the type locality and Club Las Palmas, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Biology Unknown.

figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. ARGENTINA: Santiago del Estero (James C. Trager). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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