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Pheidole pauchil
| †Pheidole pauchil Temporal range: middle Miocene Mexican amber, Chiapas, Mexico | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | †P. pauchil |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pheidole pauchil Varela-Hernández & Riquelme, 2021 | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Mexican amber, Chiapas, Mexico (Middle Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †pauchil. †Pheidole pauchil Varela-Hernández & Riquelme, 2021: 79, figs. 1, 2 (w.) CHIAPAS AMBER (Mexico, Oligocene-Miocene).
Description
References
- Varela-Hernández, F. & Riquelme, F. 2021. A new ant species of the genus Pheidole Westwood, 1839 from Miocene Mexican amber. Southwestern Entomologist 46(1): 75-82 (doi:10.3958/059.046.0107).
- Varela-Hernández, F., Flores-Zapoteco, D. 2024. New Miocene Mexican amber ant (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) of the genus Pheidole Westwood, 1839. Historical Biology, pp. 1–6 (doi:10.1080/08912963.2024.2312403).
- Varela-Hernández, F., Riquelme, F. 2024. Pheidole praehistorica sp. nov., a new addition to spiny ants of the genus Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Oligo–Miocene Mexican amber. European Journal of Taxonomy 968: 86-97 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.968.2719).
- Varela-Hernández, F., Riquelme, F., Estrada-Ruiz, E. 2024. Elektroformica azquil gen. et sp. nov., a new formicine ant from Oligo-Miocene Mexican amber. Palaeoentomology 7(5), 684-692 (doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.5.11).
- Varela-Hernández, F., Riquelme, F., Guerrero, R.J., Vázquez-Franco, C.M. 2022. New ant species Schismiscapus exstinctum gen. et sp. nov. (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) from Miocene Mexican amber. Historical Biology 34:1-7 (doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2085568).
- Vazquez-Franco, C.M., Castano-Meneses, G., Rios-Casanova, L., Morrone, J.J. 2024. Three new species of Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini) from central Mexico. Zootaxa 5523(2), 192–210 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5523.2.3).