Pheidole bureni

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Pheidole bureni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: P. bureni
Binomial name
Pheidole bureni
Wilson, 2003

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Specimen Label

Nothing is known about the biology of bureni.

Identification

See the description in the nomenclature section.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Only known from the type locality in Texas.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: United States (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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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Castes

Images from AntWeb

Pheidole bureni casent0172963 head 1.jpgPheidole bureni casent0172963 profile 1.jpgPheidole bureni casent0172963 dorsal 1.jpgPheidole bureni casent0172963 label 1.jpg
Paratype of Pheidole bureniWorker. Specimen code casent0172963. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MCZ, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • bureni. Pheidole bureni Wilson, 2003: 150, 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

A member of the crassicornis group distinguished by the following combination of traits.

Major: scape flattened at base; head in side view narrowed, its posterior dorsal surface flat; in full-face view, occipital border deeply concave and occipital lobes subangulate; propodeal spines long and vertical to propodeal dorsal face; pronotum transversely carinulate; mesosoma and waist completely foveolate and opaque; pilosity very sparse.

Minor: all of body foveolate and opaque except gaster, which is smooth and shiny; carinulae mesad to eyes extend to occiput.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.50, HL 1.58, SL 0.80, EL 0.24, PW 0.76. Paratype minor: HW 0.72, HL 0.80, SL 0.80, EL 0.20, PW 0.48.

COLOR Major: bicolorous, with all of body reddish yellow except gaster, which is medium to dark reddish brown.


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Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Paratype Specimen Labels

Type Material

TEXAS: Alice, Jim Wells Co., southern Texas, col. William F. Buren. Florida State Collection of Arthropods and Museum of Comparative Zoology

Etymology

Named after the collector, the late American myrmecologist William F. Buren.

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • McDonald D. L., D. R. Hoffpauir, and J. L. Cook. 2016. Survey yields seven new Texas county records and documents further spread of Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren. Southwestern Entomologist, 41(4): 913-920.