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Pheidole tikal
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. tikal |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole tikal Longino, 2019
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This species occurs in lowland seasonal moist to dry habitats, scrubby vegetation, second growth forest, and mature forest. Most collections are minor workers and occasional major workers recruited to ground baits. Workers occur in Winkler samples of sifted litter and rotten wood.
Identification
Minor: face and mesosoma foveolate, with foveolation absent on lower half of katepisternum; promesonotal groove absent; propodeal spines one fifth length of posterior face of propodeum; gaster smooth and shining; sparse short erect setae on mesosomal dorsum, tibiae, and gaster; color orange.
Major: inner hypostomal teeth distinct, closely spaced; scape base terete; face with distinct scrobes, delimited dorsally by frontal carinae and forming concave trough below them, ventral and posterior margins less delimited, surface of scrobe smooth and shiny; head weakly depressed posteriorly; face surface generally shiny, overlain with subparallel, longitudinal carinae; propodeal spines one third to one half length of posterior face of propodeum; gastral dorsum smooth and shining; sides of head with abundant erect setae; abundant flexuous erect setae on mesosomal dorsum, tibiae, and gaster.
Measurements, minor worker: HW 0.39, HL 0.43, SL 0.37, EL 0.09, WL 0.47, PSL 0.02, PTW 0.07, PPW 0.10, CI 91, SI 95, PSLI 6, PPI 143 (n=6).
Measurements, major worker: HW 0.74, HL 0.92, SL 0.39, EL 0.12, WL 0.71, PSL 0.07, PTW 0.16, PPW 0.27, CI 81, SI 53, PSLI 9, PPI 173 (n=6).
For details see Pheidole andersoni.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 17.24115° to 16.99995°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Guatemala (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
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. |
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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. |
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Biology
Castes
Worker
Minor
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Paratype. Worker (minor). Specimen code CASENT0645182. Photographer J. Longino. | |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- tikal. Pheidole tikal Longino, 2019: 60, fig. 4 (w.) GUATEMALA.
Type Material
- HOLOTYPE: 1 major worker, Guatemala, Petén: Cerro Cahuí, 16.99995 -89.71513 ±56 m, 195 m, 24-May-2009, tropical moist forest, at bait (LLAMA, Ba-B-05-4-01-12) [MCZC, unique specimen identifier CASENT0645181].
- PARATYPES: major, minor workers: same data as holotype [MCZC, CAS]; same data except 17.00227 -89.71939 ±110 m, 305 m (Ba-B-05-4-06-02) [UVGC]; Parq. Nac. Tikal, 17.24115 -89.62226 ±111 m, 270 m, 23-May-2009, tropical moist forest, at bait (LLAMA, Ba-B-05-1-02-04) [USNM]; same data except Ba-B-05-1-02-18 [DZUP].
Description
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Longino J. T. 2019. Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Middle American wet forest. Zootaxa 4599: 1-126