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Pheidole carinitida
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. carinitida |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole carinitida Longino, 2019
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This species inhabits montane wet forest. Minor and major workers recruit to ground baits and are collected in Winkler samples of sifted leaf litter and rotten wood from the forest floor.
Identification
Longino (2019) - Minor: face foveolate, overlain with faint reticulate rugulae to variable extent; vertex margin weakly emarginate in face view; frontal carinae expanded and elevated anterolaterally, forming short teeth that project over clypeus; promesonotal groove absent; dorsal pronotum foveolate, overlain with reticulate rugulae; lateral pronotum and katepisternum foveolate; propodeal spines about two thirds length of posterior face of propodeum; gaster smooth and shining; abundant erect setae on mesosomal dorsum and gaster; tibiae without erect setae; color dark brown.
Major: inner hypostomal teeth stout, closely spaced; scape base terete; face foveolate overlain with longitudinal carinulae on anterior portion of face, fading to smooth and shiny on vertex lobes; 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 and gaster; tibiae without erect setae.
Measurements, minor worker: HW 0.50, HL 0.52, SL 0.46, EL 0.10, WL 0.60, PSL 0.07, PTW 0.08, PPW 0.14, CI 96, SI 92, PSLI 14, PPI 170 (n=2).
Measurements, major worker: HW 1.05, HL 1.11, SL 0.52, EL 0.14, WL 0.83, PSL 0.09, PTW 0.17, PPW 0.34, CI 95, SI 50, PSLI 9, PPI 203 (n=2).
This species appears to be a montane version of the lowland species Pheidole carinote, both species known only from the Pacific slope of Costa Rica. Pheidole carinitida differs in the major having a largely smooth and shiny face, and the minor worker tibia lacks erect setae.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 9.48297° to 9.48141°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
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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| Paratype. Worker (minor). Specimen code CASENT0631662. Photographer Michele Esposito, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- carinitida. Pheidole carinitida Longino, 2019: 30, fig. 23 (w.) COSTA RICA.
Type Material
- HOLOTYPE: 1 major worker, Costa Rica, San José: Cerro Plano, 9.48141 -83.96276 ±100 m, 1070 m, 6-Jul-2015, ridgetop cloud forest, at bait (ADMAC, Ba-E-06-1-05-11) [MUCR, unique specimen identifier CASENT0631620].
- PARATYPES: major, minor workers: same data as holotype [MCZC, MUCR]; same data except 9.48264 -83.96264 ±10 m, 1070 m, 4-Jul-2015, ex sifted leaf litter (ADMAC, Wa-E-06-2-24) [CAS]; 9.48297 -83.96211 ±10 m, 1060 m (Wa-E-06-2-40) [DZUP, USNM].
Description
see the identification section above
Etymology
Similar to Pheidole carinote, but with shinier major worker.
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Longino J. T. 2019. Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Middle American wet forest. Zootaxa 4599: 1-126