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Pheidole lattkei
| Pheidole lattkei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. lattkei |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole lattkei Wilson, 2003 | |
Nothing is known about the biology of lattkei.
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Only known from the type locality.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 10.69166667° to 10.68333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Venezuela (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. |
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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.
- lattkei. Pheidole lattkei Wilson, 2003: 314, figs. (s.w.) VENEZUELA.
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 fallax group, most similar to Pheidole haskinsorum, Pheidole obscurior (=Pheidole susannae), Pheidole nubicola and Pheidole susannae, distinguished as follows.
Major: tip of antennal scape fails to reach occipital corner by slightly more than 2! the maximum scape width; head in side and frontal views tapers narrowly toward occiput; occipital cleft deep, and subangular at nadir; posterior dorsum of head covered by dense, suberect, forward curving hairs of medium length; occiput smooth; in full-face view, central strip of cephalic dorsum longitudinally carinulate, and lateral thirds rugoreticulate; in dorsal-oblique view, humerus subangulate.
Minor: nuchal collar present, propodeal spines reduced to denticles.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.30, HL 1.48, SL 1.12, EL 0.20, PW 0.60. Paratype minor: HW 0.56, HL 0.80, SL 1.18, EL 0.14, PW 0.40.
COLOR Major: concolorous light reddish brown.
Minor: concolorous reddish yellow.
Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
VENEZUELA: Cerro Humo via Las Melenas, 9.7 km northwest of Irapa, Sucre, 10°4'N 62°37'W, 950 m, col. John Lattke. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
Named after the collector, the Venezuelan entomologist John Lattke.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 314, fig. major, minor described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Wilson E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.