Pheidole socrates, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 149

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275951

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Pheidole socrates
status

new status

Pheidole socrates   HNS Forel, new status

Pheidole biconstricta socrates   HNS Forel 1912g: 223. Types Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneve.

Etymology L socrates   HNS , presumably after the philosopher.

Diagnosis A large, light reddish yellow member of the biconstricta   HNS group, possessing spines in major and minor. In the major, also, longitudinal carinulae of frontal lobes extend in attenuated form posteriorly to near the occipital border. In the minor, the occiput is exceptionally broad in full-face view. Otherwise, close to biconstricta   HNS and plato   HNS .

Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.84, HL 1.80, SL 1.10, EL 0.26, PW 0.88. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.88, HL 0.94, SL 1.08, EL 0.10, PW 0.56. Color Major and minor: concolorous light reddish yellow.

Range Amazonian Brazil to the Guianas (French Guiana, Guyanas, Suriname). Kempf (1972b) records socrates   HNS from Trinidad, but I have not seen the specimens. Biology Unknown.

Figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. BRAZIL: Belem. Scale bars - 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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