Pheidole dwyeri Gregg
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20017 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275253 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D49A560-C9DB-D451-6BDB-B44B44CA2D55 |
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Donat |
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Pheidole dwyeri Gregg |
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Pheidole dwyeri Gregg View in CoL HNS
Pheidole dwyeri Gregg HNS 1969b: 97.
Types Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard; Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.
Etymology Named after Richard F. Dwyer, who sponsored the Snelling collecting tour of Las Tres Marias.
diagnosis A very distinctive species in the small group of Pheidole HNS that possess 4-segmented antennal clubs.
Major: very large; head disproportionately large, with Head Width more than 2.5X Pronotal Width; head tapered strongly toward occiput in side view; in full-face view, occiput deeply and subangularly concave; median ocellus present; small patch of rugoreticulum present laterad to each antennal fossa.
Minor: propodeal spine of medium length; occiput in full-face view broad and weakly concave. Measurements (mm) Paratype major: HW 2.56, HL 2.58, SL 1.24, EL 0.24, PW 1.00. Paratype minor: HW 0.66, HL 0.74, SL 0.76, EL 0.12, PW 0.42. color Major and minor: concolorous medium reddish brown.
Range Known only from the type locality.
Biology Unknown.
Figure Upper: paratype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. MEXICO: Isla Maria Cleofas, Las Tres Marias, Nayarit (Roy R. Snelling). Scale bars = 1 mm.
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