Pheidole microps, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 720

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275498

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A26EBE32-03E2-BAF1-6404-8862FB33B1B3

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scientific name

Pheidole microps
status

new species

Pheidole microps   HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology Gr microps   HNS , small eyes.

Diagnosis Somewhat similar to fimbriata   HNS . Known only from the minor, which is readily distinguished from all other Pheidole   HNS species by its tiny eyes, yellow color, angulate anterior dorsal margin of the propodeum in side view, elongate petiolar peduncle, very loosely rugoreticulate dorsum of the head, and rugoreticulate anterior and lateral edges of the pronotum. Measurements (mm) Holotype minor: HW 0.48, HL 0.52, SL 0.44, EL 0.02, PW 0.32. Color Yellow.

range Known only from the type locality.

Biology Collected from leaf litter on sandy soil, lowland rainforest.

Figure Unique holotype, minor. PERU: near Lake Sandoval, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, 260 m (Charles Kugler and R. R. Lambert). Scale bar = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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