Pheidole sarpedon
| Pheidole sarpedon | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. sarpedon |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole sarpedon Wilson, 2003 | |
Nothing is known about the biology of sarpedon.
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: Ecuador (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
Biology
Castes
Only known from the major caste.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- sarpedon. Pheidole sarpedon Wilson, 2003: 749, figs. (s.) ECUADOR.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
DIAGNOSIS Similar in various ways to Pheidole balzani, Pheidole brunnescens, Pheidole exarata, Pheidole excubitor, Pheidole fabricator, Pheidole germaini, Pheidole hispaniolae, Pheidole nigella, Pheidole prattorum, Pheidole sabina, Pheidole tristis, Pheidole tristops and Pheidole unicornis, differing as follows.
Major: reddish yellow; occipital cleft deep and rounded; postpetiolar venter with prominent forward-directed lobe; humerus in dorsaloblique view elevated prominently as a lobe; propodeal spines vertical to propodeal basal face; carinulae cover anterior half of dorsal head surface, and those mesad to eye bend inward; postpetiolar node from above conulate.
Minor: unknown.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.46, HL 1.60, SL 0.80, EL 0.14, PW 0.68.
COLOR Major: body medium to dark reddish yellow, mandibles and antennal scapes reddish brown, legs light reddish yellow.
Figure. Holotype, major. (Minor unknown.) Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
ECUADOR: Limoncocha, Napo, 250 m, col. Stewart B. and Jarmila Kukalová-Peck. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
Gr Sarpedon, mythical commander of Priam’s Lycian allies.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 749, fig. major described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
- Mertl, A.L. and J.F.A. Traniello. 2009. Behavioral evolution in the major worker subcaste of twig-nesting Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): does morphological specialization influence task plasticity? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63:1141-1426
