Pheidole dasypyx Wilson, 2003, new species
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Pheidole dasypyx new species
Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.
Etymology Gr dasypyx, hairy rump, referring to the dense pilosity of the gaster.
Diagnosis Major: distinguished within the punctatissima group by the combination of the 3-lobed promesonotal profile in side view, with the mesonotal (rearmost) convexity flat-topped; long, robust propodeal spine; completely rugulose posterior half of the head, reaching all the way to the occiput; completely foveolate and opaque first gastral tergite; and dense pilosity. Minor: head, mesosoma, and waist entirely foveolate and opaque; occiput narrow, with a very thin nuchal collar. Both castes are yellow.
measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.96, HL 0.94, SL 0.66, EL 0.16, PW 0.40. Paratype minor: HW 0.46, HL 0.54, SL 0.68, EL 0.10, PW 0.32. color Major and minor: concolorous medium yellow.
Range Known only from Barro Colorado Island, Panama.
Biology Unknown.
figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. PANAMA: Barro Colorado Island (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/F96AE62790D1560BC788237DE3B23326 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/100119536 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Pheidole
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Species
- dasypyx
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pheidole dasypyx Wilson, 2003