Pheidole jaculifera
| Pheidole jaculifera | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. jaculifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole jaculifera Wilson, 2003 | |
Nothing is known about the biology of jaculifera.
Contents
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Only known from the type locality.
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- jaculifera. Pheidole jaculifera Wilson, 2003: 306, figs. (s.w.) BRAZIL.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
A small, light brown member of the fallax group with extremely long propodeal spines, exceptionally long scapes, and with almost all of the mesosoma foveolate and opaque, in both major and minor.
Similar to Pheidole ajax, Pheidole fiorii, Pheidole hector and Pheidole lourothi, but differing in many details of body form, sculpturing, and pilosity, as illustrated.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.92, HL 0.96, SL 0.88, EL 0.20, PW 0.50. Paratype minor: HW 0.50, HL 0.66, SL 0.84, EL 0.16, PW 0.36.
COLOR Major: body concolorous light brown, appendages yellowish brown.
Minor: body concolorous light brown, appendages yellowish brown.
Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
BRAZIL: vicinity of Benjamin Constant, Amazonas. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
L jaculifera, javelin-bearer, referring to the long, slender propodeal spines.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 306, fig. major, minor described)
