Pheidole wardi Wilson, 2003, new species
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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.
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- Is part of
- Book: http://publication.plazi.org/id/73EDC9C5AB0725CB6B0DF69F187F7798 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/DAAA1E71D0663ECD660204D054B9ACBB (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/100119706 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Pheidole
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Species
- wardi
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pheidole wardi Wilson, 2003