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Pheidole cornicula
| Pheidole cornicula | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. cornicula |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole cornicula Wilson, 2003
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Nothing is known about the biology of cornicula.
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Only known from the type locality.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -13.452778° to -22.809943°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Bolivia (type locality), Paraguay.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
| Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
Castes
Worker
Minor
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0178013. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by ALWC, Alex L. Wild Collection. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- cornicula. Pheidole cornicula Wilson, 2003: 675, figs. (s.w.) BOLIVIA.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
DIAGNOSIS Similar to other members of the "carapuna complex" (Pheidole boltoni, Pheidole carapuna, Pheidole cuprina, Pheidole jivaro, Pheidole manuana and Pheidole celaena), especially with celaena, with which it may be synonymous.
Major: a small but conspicuous protrusion on the mid-clypeus; postpetiole from above conulate; propodeum, mesopleuron, and margins of meso no tum and pronotum foveolate; entire rear third of head sm,ooth and shiny.
Minor: occiput narrowed, with thin nuchal collar; propodeal spines reduced to denticIes in side view and to obtuse angles in dorsaloblique view; all of meso soma and sides of waist foveolate and opaque. .
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.70, HL 1.88, SL 0.80, EL 0.22, PW 0.70. Paratype minor: HW 0.54, HL 0.62, SL 0.66, EL 0.10, PW 0.34.
COLOR Major: head and mandibles reddish brown, rest of body medium yellowish brown, other appendages light yellowish brown.
Minor: body yellowish brown, appendages dark yellow.
Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
BOLIVIA: Club Las Palmas, Santa Cruz, col. James C. Trager. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
L cornicula, little horn (on the mid-clypeus).
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 675, fig. major, minor described)