Pheidole punctulata
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Formicidae
Genus: Pheidole
Name
Pheidole punctulata Mayr, G., 1866 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Pheidole punctulata Mayr, G., 1866, Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 16: 899-899.
Description
Miles: Long. 5 mm. Nitidus, flavus, capite thoraceque rufo-flavis, mandibulis obscure ferrugineis margine masticatorio et clypei margine antico nigricautibus; flavido-pilosus; mandibulae disperse fortiter punetatae, rugulis nonnullis valde superficialibus et indistinetis, prope basim extus striatae; clypeus in medio laevis, carina longitudinali, lateraliter striatus; frons et genae longitudinaliter striatae; caput inter' laminam frontalem et oculum sicut striga post oculos subtiliter reticulato-punctatum et rugis nonnullis longitudinalis; vertex paulo depressus, sed non impressus, laevis, utrimque punctis nonnullis distinctissimus; pronotum superficialiter et subtilissime coriaceo-rugulosum et disperse transversim rugosum, tuberculis duobus fortibus, lateralibus; mesonotum et metanotum subtiliter reticulato-punctata rugulis nonnullis lateralibus, ille sine tuberculis et disco laevigato, hoc dentibus duobus acutis erectis et basi robustis; petioli subtiliter reticulato-punctati nodus primus margine superiori vix emarginato, nodus secundus primo duplo latior, utrimque obtusissime rotundato-angulatim productus; abdomen laeve, ante segmentorum margines posticos subtilissime et valde superficialiter coriaceo-rugulosum; pedes laevigati pilis oblique abstantibus.
Materials Examined
Caffernland (Mus. Holm.).
Discussion
Diese Art steht den Species: P. capensisHNS, pusillaHNS, laevigataHNS und pallidulaHNS durch den nicht gerunzelten Scheitel und den fast glatten Hinterleib zunaechst, unterscheidet sich aber von diesen insbesondere durch den Scheitel, welcher jederseits von der Laengsfurche eine grosse, zerstreut und ziemlich grob punktirte Stelle zeigt.
Taxon Treatment
- Mayr, G.; 1866: Diagnosen neuer und wenig gekannter Formiciden., Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 16: 899-899. doi
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