Pseudomyrmex pazosi
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| Pseudomyrmex pazosi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudomyrmecinae |
| Genus: | Pseudomyrmex |
| Species: | P. pazosi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudomyrmex pazosi (Santschi, 1909)
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Contents
Identification
Ward (1989) - P. pazosi is a small (worker HW < 0.76) Cuban species in the P. pallidus group, with orange head, mesosoma, petiole, and postpetiole, and a contrasting black gaster; smooth, shiny puncticulate head; broad fore femur; and a gaster devoid of dense pubescence.
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Cuba (type locality), Greater Antilles.
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 New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- pazosi. Pseudomyrma pazosi Santschi, 1909a: 309 (w.q.) CUBA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1956: 386 (l.). Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1956: 386. Subspecies of flavidulus: Wheeler, W.M. 1913b: 484; Mann, 1920: 406. Revived status as species and senior synonym of jaumei: Ward, 1989: 441.
- jaumei. Pseudomyrma flavidula var. jaumei Aguayo, 1932: 217 (w.) CUBA. Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1972a: 218. Junior synonym of pazosi: Ward, 1989: 441.
Description
Type Material
Syntype workers, queens, Cuba (Pazosi) (Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel) [Examined]. One syntype worker here designated LECTOTYPE.
Pseudomyrma flavidula val. jaumei Holotype worker, El Palenque, Cuba (M. Jaume) (Museum of Comparative Zoology) [Examined].
References
- Mann, W. M. 1920b. Additions to the ant fauna of the West Indies and Central America. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 403-439 (page 406, Variety of flavidulus)
- Santschi, F. 1909a. Une nouvelle fourmi (Hym.) de Cuba. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1909: 309-310 (page 309, worker, queen described)
- Ward, P. S. 1989a. Systematic studies on pseudomyrmecine ants: revision of the Pseudomyrmex oculatus and P. subtilissimus species groups, with taxonomic comments on other species. Quaest. Entomol. 25: 393-468 (page 441, Revived status as species, and senior synonym of jaumei)
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1956. The ant larvae of the subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 49: 374-398 (page 386, larva described)
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1956. The ant larvae of the subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 49: 374-398 (page 386, Combination in Pseudomyrmex)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1913b. The ants of Cuba. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 54: 477-505 (page 484, Variety of flavidulus)
