Pheidole guilelmimuelleri

Pheidole guilelmimuelleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Pheidole
Species:	P. guilelmimuelleri
Binomial name
Pheidole guilelmimuelleri Forel, 1886 Specimen Label
Synonyms
Pheidole guilelmimuelleri gustavi Forel, 1911

Nothing is known about the biology of guilelmimuelleri.

Identification

See the description in the nomenclature section.

Keys including this Species

• Key to Pheidole tristis group

Distribution

From Wilson (2003): Santa Catarina, Brazil. Also recorded from Misiones, Argentina, by Kempf (1972b). (Wilson 2003)

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -19.9167° to -26.9333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil (type locality), Colombia.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• guilelmimuelleri. Pheidole guilelmimuelleri Forel, 1886a: 210 (s.w.) BRAZIL. Mayr, 1887: 607 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1972b: 243 (l.). Senior synonym of gustavi: Wilson, 2003: 703.
• gustavi. Pheidole guilelmimuelleri var. gustavi Forel, 1911c: 302 (s.w.q.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of guilelmimuelleri: Wilson, 2003: 703.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

DIAGNOSIS From Wilson (2003): A large reddish brown species, similar to Pheidole antillana of the Lesser Antilles and Pheidole avia, Pheidole bucculenta, Pheidole hetschkoi, Pheidole heyeri, Pheidole hortonae, Pheidole mamore, Pheidole praeses, Pheidole rhytifera and Pheidole sarcina of South America.

Major: propodeal spines long, stout, and nearly erect; postpetiole cornulate; sculpturing of dorsal surface of head consists entirely of longitudinal carinulae, which are confined to the anterior two-thirds of the head capsule except for two carinulae that proceed to the occiput along the midline; promesonotal dorsum almost completely covered by transverse carinulae. The major is very similar to that of Pheidole bucculenta, but the minor is easily distinguished, as illustrated.

Minor: occiput, sides of head mesad to the eyes, and lateral margins of the pronotal dorsum rugoreticulate; remainder of dorsal surface of head weakly carinulate; propodeal spines long, thin, and erect.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Lectotype major: HW 2.10, HL 2.12, SL 0.98, EL 0.20, PW 1.02. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.82, HL 0.84, SL 0.94, EL 0.14, PW 0.54.

COLOR Major: concolorous light reddish brown.

Minor: body yellowish brown, appendages medium to dark yellow.

Figure. Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Lectotype Specimen Labels

Type Material

BRAZIL: Blumenau, Santa Catarina, col. William Müller. Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève - as reported in Wilson (2003)

Etymology

Named after the collector, William (Guilelmi) Müller. (Wilson 2003)

References

• Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 703, fig. major, minor described, Senior synonym of gustavi)
• Albuquerque, E., Prado, L., Andrade-Silva, J., Siqueira, E., Sampaio, K., Alves, D., Brandão, C., Andrade, P., Feitosa, R., Koch, E., Delabie, J., Fernandes, I., Baccaro, F., Souza, J., Almeida, R., Silva, R. 2021. Ants of the State of Pará, Brazil: a historical and comprehensive dataset of a key biodiversity hotspot in the Amazon Basin. Zootaxa 5001, 1–83 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5001.1.1).
• Forel, A. 1886a. Einige Ameisen aus Itajahy (Brasilien). Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 7: 210-217 (page 210, soldier, worker described)
• Fournier, D., Tindo, M., Kenne, M., Mbenoun Masse, P.S., Van Bossche, V., De Coninck, E., Aron, S. 2012. Genetic structure, nestmate recognition and behaviour of two cryptic species of the invasive Big-Headed Ant Pheidole megacephala. PLoS ONE 7(2): e31480 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031480).
• Mayr, G. 1887. Südamerikanische Formiciden. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 37: 511-632 (page 607, queen described)
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1972b. Ant larvae of the subfamily Myrmicinae: second supplement on the tribes Myrmicini and Pheidolini. J. Ga. Entomol. Soc. 7: 233-246 (page 243, larva described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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• Drose W., L. R. Podgaiski, C. Fagundes Dias, M. de Souza Mendonca. 2019. Local and regional drivers of ant communities in forest-grassland ecotones in South Brazil: A taxonomic and phylogenetic approach. Plos ONE 14(4): e0215310.
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• Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
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