Pheidole scolioceps, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 644

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6274424

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scientific name

Pheidole scolioceps
status

new species

Pheidole scolioceps   HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology Gr scolioceps   HNS , bent head, alluding to dorsal profile of major.

Diagnosis A member of the transversostriata   HNS group, closest to gnomus   HNS of Ecuador, distinguished in the major by the broad swath of transverse carinulae covering the posterior third of the head, but unlike those of gnomus   HNS , they are less extensive and do not curve downward to the sides; also, the pronotum is completely smooth and shiny and lacks anterior carinulae. Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.72, HL 0.88, SL 0.40, EL 0.10, PW 0.34. Paratype minor: HW 0.38, HL 0.44, SL 0.40, EL 0.06, PW 0.24. Color Major and minor: concolorous clear medium yellow.

range Known from the type locality and from the Pirelli Plantation (Iriboca), near Belem, Para, Brazil (P. F. Darlington).

Biology At the type locality, Stefan Cover and John E. Tobin found five colonies in terra firme forest and woodland transitional to seasonally flooded forest, nesting variously in clay soil and, in one instance, a hollow rotten stick on the forest floor.

Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. PERU: Cuzco Amazonico, 15 km northeast of Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios (Stefan Cover). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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