Pheidole mera
| Pheidole mera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. mera |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole mera Wilson, 2003
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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
Central and southern Texas (Cameron, Hidalgo, and Travis counties). (Wilson 2003)
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Nearctic Region: United States (type locality).
Neotropical Region: Guatemala, Mexico.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
Castes
Worker
Minor
Major
Head view
Side view
Top view
Specimen labels
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- mera. Pheidole mera Wilson, 2003: 452, figs. (s.w.) U.S.A.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
DIAGNOSIS A medium-sized yellow species whose major has an elongate head, shallow scrobes, deep occipital cleft, semicircular promesonotal profile, and cornulate postpetiole. Similar to Pheidole casta, but the mera major differs in its carinulate and deeply cleaved occiput, oblique orientation of the carinulae mesad to the eyes, and more bulbous promesonotal profile.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.80, HL 0.94, SL 0.42, EL 0.14, PW 0.50. Paratype minor: HW 0.44, HL 0.46, SL 0.38, EL 0.08, PW 0.26.
COLOR Major and minor: concolorous clear yellow.
Figure. FIGURE Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
TEXAS: La Feria, Cameron Co., col. W. S. Creighton. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
L mera, pure, unadulterated, referring to the color.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 452, fig. major, minor described)
