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Pheidole brachyops
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. brachyops |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole brachyops Wilson, 2003
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Collected from tuna baits in the “bosque humedo” of Santa Rosa National Park, and from roadside vegetation near Lagartos, on the road to Monteverde (Longino 1997).
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Northwestern lowlands of Costa Rica (Longino 1997).
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (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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| Worker. Specimen code casent0624234. Photographer Jeremy Pilllow, uploaded by University of Utah. | Owned by JTLC. |
Major
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| Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code inbiocri002279627. Photographer Jeremy Pilllow, uploaded by University of Utah. | Owned by JTLC. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- brachyops. Pheidole brachyops Wilson, 2003: 382, figs. (s.w.) COSTA RICA.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
A large, yellow member of the flavens group distinguishable as follows.
Major: proportionately small eyes and propodeal spiracles; short clypeus; deep concave cleft of occipital border in full-face view; bilobed profile of promesonotum in dorsal-oblique view; dense and full rugoreticulum between eye and antennal fossa; smooth posterior two-thirds of head dorsum; completely carinulate dorsad of pronotum; dense, long pilosity.
Minor: head and body almost completely smooth; propodeal spiracle tiny; propodeal spine thin, almost needle-like in side view.
See also the somewhat similar Pheidole arhuaca, Pheidole flavifrons, Pheidole lustrata, Pheidole moffetti, Pheidole quercicola and Pheidole tambopatae.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.20, HL 1.40, SL 0.64, EL 0.14, PW 0.56. Paratype minor: HW 0.52, HL 0.56, SL 0.54, EL 0.10, PW 0.34.
COLOR Major: concolorous dark yellow.
Minor: gaster brownish yellow, rest of body and appendages dark yellow.
Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
COSTA RICA: Santa Rosa National Park, Guanacaste, 10°51'N 85°37'W, 100 m, J. T. Longino. Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
Etymology
Gr brachyops, short eyes, referring to the proportionately small eyes of the major.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 382, fig. major, minor described)