Pheidole blumenauensis

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Pheidole blumenauensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: P. blumenauensis
Binomial name
Pheidole blumenauensis
Kempf, 1964

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Nothing is known about the biology of blumenauensis.

Identification

See the description in the nomenclature section.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Only known from the type locality.

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -14.79861111° to -26.918°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality).

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.
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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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Paralectotype of Pheidole diligensWorker. Specimen code casent0913279. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • diligens. Pheidole diligens Santschi, 1923d: 50 (s.w.) BRAZIL. [Junior secondary homonym of diligens Smith, above.] Replacement name: blumenauensis Kempf, 1964e: 64.
  • blumenauensis. Pheidole blumenauensis Kempf, 1964e: 64. Replacement name for Pheidole diligens Santschi, 1923d: 50. [Junior secondary homonym of Atta diligens Smith, F. 1858b: 168.] See also: Wilson, 2003: 171.

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

Description

From Wilson (2003): A small, reddish brown member of the diligens group, whose major has a moderately prominent mesonotal convexity, which is part of a bilobed promesonotal outline as seen in dorsal-oblique view; short, nearly equilaterally triangular propodeal spines; overall mostly smooth and shiny body surface with sculpturing on the head composed exclusively of longitudinal carinulae confined to the anterior half; and abundant, medium-length, erect pilosity.

Close to Pheidole rochai and Pheidole vafra, but differing variously in head shape, eye size, sculpturing, and color. See also the less similar Pheidole lemur, Pheidole perryorum, Pheidole pubiventris, Pheidole seeldrayersi and Pheidole variegata (= Pheidole pubiventris), as illustrated.

Minor: virtually identical to that of Pheidole rochai, as illustrated (q.v.).

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Lectotype major: HW 0.96, HL 1.00, SL 0.78, EL 0.20, PW 0.54. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.52, HL 0.64, SL 0.78, EL 0.16, PW 0.38.

COLOR Major: concolorous reddish brown.

Minor: body light brown, appendages brownish yellow.


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Figure. Lectotype, major. The minor is nearly identical to that of Pheidole rochai Scale bars = 1 mm.

Lectotype Specimen Labels

Type Material

BRAZIL: Blumenau, Santa Catarina. (q.v.). Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel - as reported in Wilson (2003)

Etymology

L blumenauensis, after the type locality. (Wilson 2003)

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Diehl-Fleig E. 2014. Termites and Ants from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Sociobiology (in Press).
  • Kempf W. W. 1964e. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants. III. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 7: 45-71.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Rosa da Silva R. 1999. Formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) do oeste de Santa Catarina: historico das coletas e lista atualizada das especies do Estado de Santa Catarina. Biotemas 12(2): 75-100.