Pheidole eparmata

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Taxonavigation

Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Formicidae
Genus: Pheidole

Name

Pheidole eparmata Wilson, E. O., 2003 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile

• Pheidole eparmata Wilson, E. O., 2003: 684-684.

Etymology

Etymology L eparmata^HNS, armed upon or in addition to, in reference to the similarity to subarmata^HNS and related species.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis Major: somewhat similar to subarmata^HNS and related species (see under subarmata^HNS), but very small, with frontal lobes less extended in side view; shallow antennal scrobes present; head bicolored (see under Color below); eyes set well forward, so that their distance from the anterior genal border is only slightly more than an Eye Length; postpetiole seen from above oval; all of frontal lobes covered by carinulae, which extend more than halfway from level of eyes to level of occiput.

Description

Minor: eye placed well forward on head, such that distance to anterior genal border is less than an Eye Length. Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.62, HL 0.76, SL 0.36, EL 0.08, PW 0.34. Paratype minor: HW 0.40, HL 0.44, SL 0.34, EL 0.06, PW 0.24. color Major and minor: brownish yellow.

Distribution

Range Known only from the type locality.

Biology and Ecology

Biology Unknown.

Materials Examined

Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. VENEZUELA: Rancho Grande, Estado Aragua, 1100 m (William L. and Doris E. Brown). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Taxon Treatment

• Wilson, E. O.; 2003: Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA: 684-684. doi

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