Pheidole infernalis
Pheidole infernalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Pheidole |
Species: | P. infernalis |
Binomial name | |
Pheidole infernalis Wilson, 2003 |
The types were sifted from rotting wood and mold on the floor of rainforest (P. S. Ward).
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Only known from the type locality.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -10.06666667° to -14.80833333°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- infernalis. Pheidole infernalis Wilson, 2003: 439, figs. (s.w.) BOLIVIA.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
DIAGNOSIS Similar to Pheidole ademonia, Pheidole peltastes, Pheidole sospes and Pheidole termitobia, differing as follows.
Major: shallow antennal scrobe present; occipital lobes and a broad swath running down the sides of the head from occiput to near the anterior genal border rugoreticulate; most of the rest of the head carinulate; humeri angulate, their tips rugoreticulate, and the rest of the promesonotal dorsum smooth; propodeal spines half as long as the propodeal basal face; postpetiole from above conulate.
Minor: sides of head feebly foveolate; head and pronotum mostly smooth and shiny; occiput broad and feebly concave; humerus in dorsal-oblique view denticulate; propodeal spines reduced to denticles.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.72, HL 0.74, SL 0.36, EL 0.08, PW 0.38. Paratype minor: HW 0.48, HL 0.52, SL 0.44, EL 0.06, PW 0.30.
COLOR Major: body brownish yellow except for dorsal surface of head, which is medium brown.
Minor: body dark yellow, appendages medium yellow.
Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
BOLIVIA: Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado, 14°48'S 60°23'W, 700 m, col. Philip S. Ward. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
L infernalis, from the lower regions.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 439, 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.