Pheidole wardi Wilson, 2003, new species
Harvard University Press, 2003
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Pheidole wardi new species TYPES Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard. etymology Named after the distinguished myrmecologist and field biologist Philip S. Ward. Diagnosis A very distinctive species, easily distinguished by the following combination of traits. Major: posterior profile of dorsal head surface strongly concave; hypostomum 2-toothed; entire posterior half of cephalic dorsum and all of promesonotum rugoreticulate; propodeal spines very long and stout. Minor: occiput and promesonotum rugoreticulate; lateral thirds of head in full-face view rugulose; humeri cornulate; propodeal spines very long and thin. MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.04, HL 1.10, SL 0.50, EL 0.14, PW 0.62. Paratype minor: HW 0.52, HL 0.52, SL 0.44, EL 0.10, PW 0.36. Color Major: gaster and legs yellowish brown, rest of body and mandible reddish brown. Minor: concolorous brownish yellow. Range Known only from the type locality. Biology Collected in lowland rainforest. Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. HONDURAS: Lancetilla, near Tela (William L. Brown). Scale bars = 1 mm. ; Published as part of Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA :Harvard University Press on page 634
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Pheidole wardi Wilson, 2003, new species
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Wilson, E. O. |
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Veröffentlichung: | Harvard University Press, 2003 |
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DOI: | 10.5281/zenodo.6274402 |
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