Pheidole nitidula Emery
|
publication ID |
20017 |
|
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6274885 |
|
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C4F7D688-B63C-B901-E408-6DDA73C25ED1 |
|
treatment provided by |
Donat |
|
scientific name |
Pheidole nitidula Emery |
| status |
|
Pheidole nitidula Emery View in CoL HNS
Pheidole triconstricta var. nitidula Emery HNS 1888e: 693, raised to species level by Emery 1906c: 154. Syn.: Pheidole strobeli Emery HNS 1906c: 149, n. syn.; Pheidole perversa HNS Forel 1908h: 373, n. syn.; Pheidole perversa subsp. richteri HNS Forel 1909a: 266, n. syn. (provisional, types not located); Pheidole strobeli var. misera Santschi HNS 1916e: 373, synonymy by Santschi 1929d: 282; Pheidole strobeli subsp. silvicola Borgmeier HNS 1927b: 61, n. syn. (provisional, types not located); Pheidole nitidula st. strobeli var. labrata HNS Santschi 1929d: 282, unavailable name (quadrinomial); Pheidole nitidula st. strobeli var. vicina HNS Santschi 1929d: 282, unavailable name (quadrinomial); Pheidole nitidula var. daguerrei HNS Santschi, 193If: 275, n. syn. Raised to species level in this monograph: pampana HNS .
types Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova.
Etymology L nitidula HNS , little shining one.
diagnosis A member of the fallax HNS group, similar to bergi HNS , cordiceps HNS , dione HNS , eidmanni HNS , and pampana HNS of southern South America, differing as follows.
Major: pilosity sparse; rugoreticulum on each side of head extends between eye and antennal fossa and anteriorly almost to border of head; vertex smooth; carinulae originating on frontal lobes not quite reaching midway between level of eyes and level of occiput; pronotal dorsum in dorsal-oblique view weakly bilobous; metanotal convexity in side view symmetrical; carinulae absent from sides of propodeum; postpetiole from above symmetrical.
Minor: pilosity sparse; pronotum in dorsal-oblique view feebly bilobate; occiput in frontal view feebly convex, nearly flat, lacking nuchal collar.
Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.30, HL 1.32, SL 0.84, EL 0.22, PW 0.66. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.68, HL 0.74, SL 0.82, EL 0.18, PW 0.44. Color Major: concolorous reddish brown. Minor: concolorous plain medium brown.
Range I have verified material from Buenos Aires, Cordova, Misiones, and Salta in Argentina, and Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. Kempf (1972b) also reports it from Rio de Janeiro.
Biology Unrecorded.
Figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. ARGENTINA: La Plata, Buenos Aires (C. Spegazzini). Scale bars = 1 mm.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.