Pheidole skwarrae Wheeler
Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus.
Wilson, E. O.
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Insecta
Formicidae
Pheidole
CoL
Animalia
Pheidole skwarrae Wheeler
Pheidole skwarrae Wheeler
Hymenoptera
349
Arthropoda
species
skwarrae
Pheidole skwarrae Wheeler1934g: 163.
Etymology Named after the collector, Elisabeth Skwarra.
Diagnosis A member of the fallaxgroup, closet to vistanaand distinguished from it and other fallaxgroup species by the following combination of traits.
Major: head elongate, with deep occipital cleft and subangulate occipital lobes in full-face view; antennal scape exceeding the occipital lobe by 2X its own maximum width; entire body, including all of the tergites and sternites of the gaster, foveolate and opaque; space between eye, frontal lobes, and frontal carinae rugoreticulate. Minor: entire body, including at least the anterior two segments of the gaster, foveolate and opaque; nuchal collar well developed; antennal scape very long, extending 2X the distance between its insertion and nuchal collar. Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.32, HL 1.60, SL 1.42, EL 0.24, PW 0.64. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.54, HL 0.84, SL 1.20, EL 0.16, PW 0.42. Color Major and minor: body concolorous medium brown, appendages yellowish brown.
range Known only from the type locality.
Biology The type colony was nesting beneath a stone.
figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. MEXICO: Cuernavaca, Morelos (Elisabeth Skwarra). Scale bars = 1 mm.