Pheidole dasypyx, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 612

publication ID

20017

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6274364

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Pheidole dasypyx
status

new species

Pheidole dasypyx   HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology Gr dasypyx   HNS , hairy rump, referring to the dense pilosity of the gaster.

Diagnosis Major: distinguished within the punctatissima   HNS group by the combination of the 3-lobed promesonotal profile in side view, with the mesonotal (rearmost) convexity flat-topped; long, robust propodeal spine; completely rugulose posterior half of the head, reaching all the way to the occiput; completely foveolate and opaque first gastral tergite; and dense pilosity. Minor: head, mesosoma, and waist entirely foveolate and opaque; occiput narrow, with a very thin nuchal collar. Both castes are yellow.

measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.96, HL 0.94, SL 0.66, EL 0.16, PW 0.40. Paratype minor: HW 0.46, HL 0.54, SL 0.68, EL 0.10, PW 0.32. color Major and minor: concolorous medium yellow.

Range Known only from Barro Colorado Island, Panama.

Biology Unknown.

figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. PANAMA: Barro Colorado Island (William L. Brown). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Pheidole

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