Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus.
Author
Wilson, E. O.
text
2003
Harvard University Press
Cambridge, MA
http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu/HymOnline/reference-full.html?id=20017
book
20017
Pheidole durionei
Santschi,
new status
Pheidole wolfringi st. durionei
Santschi 1923d: 51.
Types Naturhist. Mus. Basel.
Etymology Eponymous.
Diagnosis A member of the "
jujuyensis
complex" of the larger
fallax
group, comprising
araneoides
,
cuevasi
,
durionei
,
jujuyensis
,
kugleri
,
leonina
,
leptina
,
lucretii
,
lupus
,
paraensis
,
punctithorax
,
tijucana
,
wallacei
, and
wolfringi
.
P. durionei
is distinguished as follows.
Major: antennal scape exceeding occipital corner by 2X its own maximum width; carinulae on dorsal surface of head reaching almost all the way to the occiput, which is foveolate and opaque; rugoreticulum on head stretches on each side from eye to antennal fossa and anteriorly almost to the anterior border of the head; margins of pronotal dorsum foveolate; propodeal spines equilaterally triangular; postpetiole from above diamond-shaped, with angular lateral margins.
Minor: propodeal spines reduced to barely discernible denticles; region mesad to and forward from eyes foveolate; occiput narrowed, with nuchal collar.
Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.20, HL 1.34, SL 1.22, EL 0.24, PW 0.60. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.52, HL 0.74, SL 1.08, EL 0.16, PW 0.40.
color Major: body and appendages light reddish brown except for gaster, which is plain medium brown. Minor: concolorous brownish yellow.
Range Known only from the type locality.
Biology Unknown.
figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. ARGENTINA: Tanti Viejo, Cordoba. Scale bars = 1 mm.