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Pheidole hector
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. hector |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole hector Wilson, 2003
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Under dead wood in moist forest (Longino 1997).
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (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
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0644173. Photographer Skyler Oswald, uploaded by University of Utah. | Owned by JTLC. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- hector. Pheidole hector Wilson, 2003: 298, figs. (s.w.) COSTA RICA.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
A large, bicolorous brown-and-yellow member of the fallax group with exceptionally long propodeal spines, especially in the minor, dense pilosity, and angulate mesonotal convexity.
Similar to Pheidole ajax, Pheidole fiorii, Pheidole jaculifera and Pheidole lourothi, differing in many details of body form, sculpturing, and pilosity, as illustrated, as well as in color.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.54, HL 1.64, SL 1.36, EL 0.22, PW 0.78. Paratype minor: HW 0.78, HL 1.00, SL 1.46, EL 0.20, PW 0.56.
COLOR Major: body medium brown; genae anterior to eyes, as well as mandibles and tarsi, a contrasting yellow.
Minor: body medium brown, legs light brown, tarsi yellow.
Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
COSTA RICA: Wilson Botanical Garden, 4 km south of San Vito, Puntarenas, 1200 m, col. J. T. Longino. Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
Etymology
Gr Hector, legendary Trojan hero.
References
- Cantone S. 2017. Winged Ants, The Male, Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the World, Behavioral ecology of mating flight (self-published).
- Longino, J.T. 2019. Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Middle American Wet Forest. Zootaxa. 4599:1–126. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4599.1.1
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 298, fig. major, minor described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Wilson E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.