Pheidole lemnisca
| Pheidole lemnisca | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. lemnisca |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole lemnisca Wilson, 2003 | |
This species is only known from type specimens. Males were collected with the type colony, 1–4 June. (Wilson 2003)
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: Colombia (type locality), Ecuador.
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 Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- lemnisca. Pheidole lemnisca Wilson, 2003: 443, figs. (s.w.) COLOMBIA.
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 ceibana, Pheidole peltastes, Pheidole renae, Pheidole tayrona and Pheidole xyston, distinguished as follows.
Major: unique color pattern (see Color below); needle-like propodeal spine; prominent humeral lobe; and small but distinct mesonotal convexity.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.70, HL 0.74, SL 0.36, EL 0.10, PW 0.40. Paratype minor: HW 0.42, HL 0.42, SL 0.40, EL 0.10, PW 0.26.
COLOR Major: all yellow except for a conspicuous light brown transverse stripe along the rear border of each gastral tergite and a contrasting light brown circular spot on the vertex.
Minor: concolorous yellow.
Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
COLOMBIA: on a ridge, Finca Los Guaduales, 10 km southwest San José del Palmar, Rio Torito, Chocó, col. C. Kugler. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
L lemnisca, ribbon or band, referring to the transverse color stripes on the gaster.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 443, fig. major, minor described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Mertl A. L., J. F. A. Traniello, K. Ryder Wilkie, and R. Constantino. 2012. Associations of two ecologically significant social insect taxa in the litter of an amazonian rainforest: is there a relationship between ant and termite species richness? Psyche doi:10.1155/2012/312054
