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Pheidole dumicola
| Pheidole dumicola | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. dumicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole dumicola Wilson, 2003 | |
The type series, including winged reproductives, was collected from a soil nest in second-growth thorn forest, on 28–29 August 1953. (Wilson 2003)
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Only known from the type locality.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 19.844° to 19.838006°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Mexico (type locality).
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- dumicola. Pheidole dumicola Wilson, 2003: 411, figs. (s.w.) MEXICO.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Similar to Pheidole charazana and Pheidole floricola, differs as follows.
Major: head subrectangular and moderately elongate, with straight sides; antennal scrobes present; most of anterior half of head rugoreticulate, including outer margins of frontal lobes and all of genae but not antennal fossae, frontal triangle or midclypeus; humerus in dorsal-oblique view raised and lobose; all of mesosoma foveolate; postpetiole from above spinose.
Minor: pilosity sparse, with hairs on mesosomal dorsum consisting of well-spaced pairs of equal length; humerus in dorsal-oblique view subangulate; occiput broad, its margin straight; postpetiole from above large, circular, nearly 2X broader than petiole. MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.82, HL 1.00, SL 0.44, EL 0.12, PW 0.46. Paratype minor: HW 0.38, HL 0.46, SL 0.40, EL 0.06, PW 0.26.
COLOR Major and minor: light yellowish brown.
Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
MEXICO: 10 km east of Campeche, Yucatán Peninsula, col. E. O. Wilson. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
L dumicola, dweller in thorn-bush.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 411, fig. major, minor described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Vasquez-Bolanos M. 2011. Checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Mexico. Dugesiana 18(1): 95-133.
- Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133
- Wilson, E.O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A Dominant, Hyperdiverse Genus. Harvard University Press