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Pheidole longior
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. longior |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole longior Santschi, 1933
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This species is only known from type specimens. Nothing is known about its biology.
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Only known from the type locality.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -27.331° to -27.331°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina (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
Images from AntWeb
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| Paralectotype of Pheidole longior. Worker. Specimen code casent0922394. Photographer Michele Esposito, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
    
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| Paralectotype of Pheidole longior. Worker. Specimen code casent0922395. Photographer Michele Esposito, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
    
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| Lectotype of Pheidole longior. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0922396. Photographer Michele Esposito, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- longior. Pheidole (Elasmopheidole) cavifrons st. longior Santschi, 1933e: 110, figs. 1-3 (s.w.) ARGENTINA. Raised to species: Wilson, 2003: 136.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
From Wilson (2003): Closest to Pheidole cavifrons, somewhat less similar to Pheidole aberrans and Pheidole obnixa, distinguished as follows.
Major: head markedly elongate (Head Length/Head Width 1.47), and bicolored (see under color below); dorsal posterior half of head profile flat; frontal lobes in full-face view taper anteriorly into blunt acute angles; carinulae originating on frontal lobes reach well past midpoint between eyes and occiput; mesosomal convexity in side view reduced, obliquely angular; propodeal spines denticulate; promesonotum smooth and shiny.
Minor: nearly identical to minor of cavifrons (q.v.).
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Lectotype major: HW 0.72, HL 1.06, SL 0.30, EL 0.06, PW 0.50. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.50, HL 0.58, SL 0.36, EL 0.04, PW 0.32.
COLOR Major: strikingly bicolored, with anterior fourth of head dark brown, and rest of body medium yellow. Minor: concolorous light yellow.
Figure. Upper: lectotype, major. The minor is nearly identical to the minor of Pheidole cavifrons (q.v.). Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
ARGENTINA: Loreto, Misiones. Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel - as reported in Wilson (2003)
Etymology
L longior, longer, referring to the head shape of the major. (Wilson 2003)
References
- Santschi, F. 1933f. Fourmis de la République Argentine en particulier du territoire de Misiones. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 116: 105-124 (page 110, figs. 1-3 soldier, worker described)
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 136, fig. major, minor described, Raised to species: new status)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Cuezzo, F. 1998. Formicidae. Chapter 42 in Morrone J.J., and S. Coscaron (dirs) Biodiversidad de artropodos argentinos: una perspectiva biotaxonomica Ediciones Sur, La Plata. Pages 452-462.
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Santschi F. 1933. Fourmis de la République Argentine en particulier du territoire de Misiones. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina. 116: 105-124.
- Vittar, F. 2008. Hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de la Mesopotamia Argentina. INSUGEO Miscelania 17(2):447-466