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Pheidole subnuda
| Pheidole subnuda | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. subnuda |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole subnuda Wilson, 2003 | |
Besides knowing males were present in the nest at La Parada, Venezuela, on 13 September nothing is known about the biology of subnuda. (Wilson 2003)
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
From Wilson (2003): Known from the type locality; and from La Parada, San Cristóbal (1100 m) and Palmira (1200 m), both in Tachira, Venezuela, col. J. Lattke.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 4.14514° to 4.14514°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia (type locality), Venezuela.
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.
- subnuda. Pheidole subnuda Wilson, 2003: 236, figs. (s.w.) COLOMBIA.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Caño El Buque, S. Villavicencio, Meta, 480 m, Colombia, Charles Kugler, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
A member of the diligens group, similar to Pheidole radoszkowskii and related species, and distinguished as follows.
Major: posterior dorsal half of head covered by faint longitudinal carinulae; pronotal dorsum transversely rugulose; gaster entirely smooth; pronotal dorsum weakly bilobous; mesosoma hairless.
Minor: posterior third of ventral head profile concave; humerus and mesosomal convexity angulate; head and gaster entirely smooth and shiny; mesosoma and waist entirely foveolate and opaque; dorsal mesosomal profile bearing peculiar short, curving hairs.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.94, HL 0.92, SL 0.66, EL 0.18, PW 0.50.
Paratype minor: HW 0.58, HL 0.62, SL 0.70, EL 0.14, PW 0.38.
COLOR Major: body light brown, appendages dark yellow.
Minor: body medium brown; tarsi yellow, and rest of appendages brownish yellow to light brown.
Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Etymology
L subnuda, almost bare (of pilosity).
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 236, fig. major, minor described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.