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Pheidole alticola
| Pheidole alticola | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. alticola |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole alticola Wilson, 2003 | |
This species is only known from type specimens. Nothing is known about its biology.
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Only known from the type locality.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 3.107757° to -4.1°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia (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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- alticola. Pheidole alticola Wilson, 2003: 368, figs. (s.w.) COLOMBIA.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
A medium-sized, brown member of the flavens group with contrasting yellow legs. Very similar to Pheidole euryscopa , which occurs at the same locality, and especially in its large, forward-placed eye and curved, backward-directed propodeal spines, but differing in the major in important details of pronotal form and sculpturing, extent of smooth area at and forward of the occiput, and in color.
See also the less similar Pheidole albipes, Pheidole ebenina, Pheidole hazenae, Pheidole hedlundorum, Pheidole lustrata, Pheidole monteverdensis, Pheidole palenquensis and Pheidole servilia.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.84, HL 1.00, SL 0.48, EL 0.14, PW 0.42. Paratype minor: HW 0.52, HL 0.58, SL 0.50, EL 0.10, PW 0.34.
COLOR Major and minor: body medium brown, appendages dark yellow.
Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
COLOMBIA: Parque Nacional Cuevas de las Guacheros, 10 km southeast of Palestina, 1900–2000 m, col. Charles Kugler and J. Hahn. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
L alticola, dweller of high places, alluding to the type locality.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 368, fig. major, minor described)