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Pheidole bellatrix
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. bellatrix |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole bellatrix Wilson, 2003
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Winged queens were collected from the type nest sometime during 9–13 January. (Wilson 2003)
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
In addition to the type locality in Huila, bellatrix has been collected in Cundinamarca (1100 m), Magdalena (elevation unknown), and Meta (1000 m). (Wilson 2003)
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 1.740258° to 1.740258°.
| 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
Worker
Minor
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| Paratype Pheidole bellatrix. Worker. Specimen code casent0625436. Photographer Jeremy Pilllow, uploaded by University of Utah. | Owned by MCZC. |
Major
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| Paratype Pheidole bellatrix. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code jtlc000016326. Photographer Jeremy Pilllow, uploaded by University of Utah. | Owned by MCZC. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- bellatrix. Pheidole bellatrix Wilson, 2003: 663, 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
DIAGNOSIS An unusually large member of the tristis group, similar to Pheidole napoensis of Ecuador and more distantly so to Pheidole pepo, Pheidole rotundiceps, Pheidole sphaerica and Pheidole subsphaerica, which are species variously from Colombia and Ecuador, and distinguished by the following set of traits.
Major: promesonotum in side view forms a very large hump towering over the propodeum; from above the humeri are very broad, completely covering the rest of the pronotum below; from above the anterior margin of the postpetiolar node forms a perfect semicircle, with the posterior border a straight line forming its base; antennal scrobes absent; entire body covered by dense pilosity.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 2.00, HL 2.06, SL 0.92, EL 0.22, PW 1.30. Paratype minor: HW 0.78, HL 0.82, SL 0.76, EL 0.14, PW 0.48.
COLOR Major: body light reddish brown, appendages brownish yellow.
Minor: concolorous light brownish yellow.
Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
COLOMBIA: Finca Merenberg, 12 km west of Belén, Huila, 2200 m, col. C. Kugler and J. Hahn. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
L bellatrix, female warrior.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 663, fig. major, minor described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Wilson E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.