Pheidole lilloi (Kusnezov)
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A1FAE76A-2A2D-DC12-DCA2-42510CB3CF3C |
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Donat |
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Pheidole lilloi (Kusnezov) |
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Pheidole lilloi (Kusnezov) View in CoL HNS
Elasmopheidole lilloi Kusnezov HNS 1952d: 74. Combination in Pheidole HNS by Kempf 1972b: 184.
types Inst. Miguel Lillo, Tucuman; Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.
Etymology Named after Miguel Lillo.
diagnosis A member of the aberrans HNS group closest to fracticeps, differing from it and other species of the group by the following combination of traits.
Major: very small; brownish yellow with brown spot on vertex; hypostoma 4-toothed; in side view, occiput projects out like a brow, its apex rounded and the profile of the head below it dipping away as a strong convexity; in full-face view, occiput bearing several widely spaced carinulae that travel from the dorsal midline obliquely toward the occipital corners; eye oval, placed forward to its anterior border is only a little more than an Eye Length from the anterior genal border.
Minor: almost all of head, mesosoma, and waist foveolate; most of dorsal surface of head carinulate, with a rugoreticulum mesad to each eye.
Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 0.64, HL 0.84, SL 0.30, EL 0.12, PW 0.40.
Paralectotype minor: HW 0.40, HL 0.44, SL 0.32, EL 0.06, PW 0.24.
Color Major: overall brownish yellow, with a light brown spot on the vertex.
Minor: overall brownish yellow except for posterior half of dorsum of head, which is medium brown.
Range Recorded from Tucuman and Misiones, Argentina.
biology Unknown.
Figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. ARGENTINA: Tucuman. Scale bars = 1 mm.
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