Pheidole paraensis, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 335

publication ID	20017
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6274898
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5BD104A3-1315-D3E6-2CD8-1AC93A844AF3
treatment provided by	Donat
scientific name	Pheidole paraensis
status	new species

Treatment

Pheidole paraensis HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology Named after the Brazilian state of origin of the types.

diagnosis A member of the " jujuyensis HNS complex" of the larger fallax HNS group, comprising araneoides HNS , cuevasi HNS , durionei HNS , jujuyensis HNS , kugleri HNS , leonina HNS , leptina HNS , lucretii HNS , lupus HNS , paraensis HNS , punctithorax HNS , tijucana HNS , wallacei HNS , and wolfringi HNS . P. paraensis HNS differs as follows. Major: proportionately small-headed; head subrectangular in full-face view; a very loose (large-celled) rugoreticulum stretches on each side of the head from eye to frontal carina and is succeeded posteriorly by widely spaced rugulae that almost attain the occiput; antennal scape reaches about halfway between level of the eye and level of occiput; propodeal spines in side view reduced to right angles.

Minor: propodeal spines absent; occiput narrowed, with thin nuchal collar. Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.50, HL 1.50, SL 1.00, EL 0.22, PW 0.68. Paratype minor: HW 0.46, HL 0.64, SL 0.86, EL 0.14, PW 0.34.

color Major: body and mandibles light reddish brown, gaster plain light brown, appendages brownish yellow.

Range Known only from the type locality.

Biology Unknown.

figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. BRAZIL: Utinga Tract, near Belem, Para (P. f. Darlington). Scale bars = 1 mm.