Pheidole synarmata

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Taxonavigation

Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Formicidae
Genus: Pheidole

Name

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

• Pheidole synarmata Wilson, E. O., 2003: 763-763.

Etymology

Etymology Gr L synarmata^HNS, with the armed one, referring to other members of the subarmata^HNS complex.

Diagnosis

diagnosis Similar to allarmata^HNS, cramptoni^HNS, hasticeps^HNS, subarmata^HNS, and triplex^HNS, differing from these and other Pheidole^HNS by the following combination of traits.

Description

Major: head elongate; in side view, frontal lobe extending vertically off the dorsal surface of the head as a spine-like projection; promesonotum forming a large, bulbous, smoothly semicircular outline; petiolar spine well-developed and vertical; posterior half of the head capsule and almost all of the body smooth and shiny. Minor: occiput broad and concave, lacking nuchal collar; promesonotal profile forming a prominent, smooth semicircle; except for the foveolate mesopleuron and lower side of the petiole, the body is completely smooth and shiny. Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.92, HL 1.14, SL 0.42, EL 0.12, PW 0.46. Paratype minor: HW 0.46, HL 0.50, SL 0.42, EL 0.06, PW 0.30. Color Major: concolorous clear medium yellow. Minor: concolorous clear light yellow.

Distribution

range Known from the type locality and from Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil (J. C. Trager).

Biology and Ecology

Biology Unknown.

Materials Examined

Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. GUYANA: Kartabo (William M. Wheeler). 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: 763-763. doi

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