Pheidole rutilana, Wilson, E. O., 2003
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275562 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/32C6F410-76E3-703B-9131-1B1B31474E34 |
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Pheidole rutilana |
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new species |
Pheidole rutilana HNS new species
Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.
etymology L rutilana HNS , red, alluding to the color of the major.
diagnosis Similar in various traits to amata HNS , ambigua HNS , celaena HNS , fera HNS , germaini HNS , peruviana HNS , schwarzmaieri HNS , superba HNS , and vomer HNS , differing as follows.
Major: yellowish red; head in full-face view quadrate, almost as wide as long and with shallow occipital cleft; humeri in dorsaloblique view prominent, raised as large equilateral triangles; center of promesonotal profde in side view slightly raised as an obtuse angle; propodeal spines reduced to denticles; rugoreticulum present between eye and antennal fossa on each side of head; posterior fourth of dorsal head surface smooth.
Minor: occiput only slightly narrowed but possesses nuchal collar; humeri in dorsal-oblique view dentate; center of promesonotal profile in side view slightly raised as an obtuse angle; almost all of head as well as all of pronotum smooth and shiny. measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.04, HL 1.06, SL 0.62, EL 0.14, PW 0.60. Paratype minor: HW 0.54, HL 0.56, SL 0.58, EL 0.10, PW 0.34. Color Major: concolorous yellowish red. Minor: concolorous light reddish brown.
Range Known only from the type locality.
Biology Collected from rainforest canopy.
Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. BRAZIL: Taperinha, Para (Robert L. Jeanne). Scale bars = 1 mm.
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