Pheidole guilelmimuelleri
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Pheidole guilelmimuelleri View in CoL HNS Forel
Pheidole guilelmimuelleri HNS Forel 1886a: 210. Syn.: Pheidole guilelmimuelleri var. gustavi HNS Forel 191 le: 302, n.syn. Raised to species level in this monograph: fera HNS .
Types Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneve.
Etymology Named after the collector, William (Guilelmi) Muller.
diagnosis A large reddish brown species, similar to antillana HNS of the Lesser Antilles and avia HNS , bucculenta HNS , hetschkoi HNS , heyeri HNS , hortonae HNS , mamore HNS , praeses HNS , rhytifera HNS , and sarcina HNS of South America.
Major: propodeal spines long, stout, and nearly erect; postpetiole cornulate; sculpturing of dorsal surface of head consists entirely of longitudinal carinulae, which are confined to the anterior two-thirds of the head capsule except for two carinulae that proceed to the occiput along the midline; promesonotal dorsum almost completely covered by transverse carinulae. The major is very similar to that of bucculenta HNS , but the minor is easily distinguished, as illustrated.
Minor: occiput, sides of head mesad to the eyes, and lateral margins of the pronotal dorsum rugoreticulate; remainder of dorsal surface of head weakly carinulate; propodeal spines long, thin, and erect.
Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 2.10, HL 2.12, SL 0.98, EL 0.20, PW 1.02.
Paralectotype minor: HW 0.82, HL 0.84, SL 0.94, EL 0.14, PW 0.54.
Color Major: concolorous light reddish brown.
Minor: body yellowish brown, appendages medium to dark yellow.
Range Santa Catarina, Brazil. Also recorded from Misiones, Argentina, by Kempf (1972b).
Biology Unknown.
Figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. BRAZIL: Blumenau, Santa Catarina (William Midler). Scale bars = 1 mm.
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