Pheidole monstrosa
| Pheidole monstrosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. monstrosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole monstrosa Wilson, 2003 | |
Nothing is known about the biology of monstrosa.
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 Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- monstrosa. Pheidole monstrosa Wilson, 2003: 255, 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 member of the distorta group, closest to Pheidole distorta, Pheidole reclusi and Pheidole scapulata, differing in the following combination of traits.
Major: dorsal half of head in side view moderately concave; occiput, frontal lobes, frontal triangle, and clypeus longitudinally carinulate, rest of dorsal head surface rugoreticulate; dorsa of promesonotum, petiolar node, and postpetiolar node rugoreticulate; anterior fourth of first gastral tergite striate; promesonotum in profile raised and strongly convex, descending to the metanotum through a nearly vertical face.
Minor: almost all of head and all of promesonotal dorsum conspicuously carinulate.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.42, HL 1.84, SL 0.68, EL 0.20, PW 0.84. Paratype minor: HW 0.64, HL 0.64, SL 0.56, EL 0.12, PW 0.42.
COLOR Major: head and mesosoma light to medium reddish brown, waist and gaster dark brown, appendages medium brown.
Minor: body and head dark brown except anterior fifth of gena, which is yellowish brown; appendages medium to dark brown.
Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
BRAZIL: Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, col. James C. Trager. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
NL monstrosa, strange.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 255, fig. major, minor described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Pacheco R., and H. L. Vasconcelos. 2007. Invertebrate conservation in urban areas: ants in the Brazilian Cerrado. Landscape and Urban Planning 81: 193199.
