Pheidole tachigaliae Wheeler
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6274412 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8CC2B57D-CFA6-5C5E-E7EE-2F31FAB80E43 |
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Donat |
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Pheidole tachigaliae Wheeler |
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Pheidole tachigaliae Wheeler View in CoL HNS
Pheidole tachigaliae Wheeler HNS 192If: 148.
Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.
etymology L tachigaliae HNS , referring to the plant on which the type colony was found.
Diagnosis A member of the tachigaliae HNS group, characterized by very small size and 11-segmented antennae, this species is easily recognized by the following traits.
Major: dorsal surface of head longitudinally carinulate (not transversely carinulate as in other tachigaliae-group species); pronotal dorsum lightly sprinkled with foveolae, feebly shiny; propodeal spines short, stout and directed strongly backward. Minor: all of head and mesosoma foveolate and opaque.
Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 0.64, HL 0.74, SL 0.32, EL 0.08, PW 0.40. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.34, HL 0.38, SL 0.28, EL 0.08, PW 0.22.
Color Major: concolorous medium yellow; vertex with a fuzzy, circular brown spot as illustrated. Minor: concolorous pale yellow.
Range Known from the type locality and from Kaw, French Guiana (Mark W. Moffett).
biology Found on the ant-plant Tachigalia.
Figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. GUYANA: Kartabo (William M. Wheeler). Scale bars = 1 mm.
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