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Pheidole cataphracta
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. cataphracta |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole cataphracta Wilson, 2003
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Nothing is known about the biology of cataphracta.
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Recorded from only two collections in Valle Department, Colombia. (Wilson 2003)
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 10.35° 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
Worker
Minor
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| Paratype Pheidole cataphracta. Worker. Specimen code casent0624248. Photographer Jeremy Pilllow, uploaded by University of Utah. | Owned by JTLC. |
Major
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| Paratype Pheidole cataphracta. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code inbiocri001282225. Photographer Jeremy Pilllow, uploaded by University of Utah. | Owned by JTLC. |
Queen
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| Paratype Pheidole cataphracta. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0624247. 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.
- cataphracta. Pheidole cataphracta Wilson, 2003: 611, 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 A member of the punctatissima group easiliy recognized by the very long propodeal spines, which are about as long as the basal face of the propodeum anterior to them.
Major: dorsum of head completely carinulate except for frontal triangle and mid-clypeus; humerus subangulate; all of mesosoma and petiole foveolate and opaque.
Minor: almost all of head, as well as all of meso soma and petiole, foveolate and opaque; humerus with protuberant blunt oblique angles.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.94, HL 0.96, SL 0.54, EL 0.14, PW 0.46. Paratype minor: HW 0.46, HL 0.50, SL 0.50, EL 0.10, PW 0.32.
COLOR Major: concolorous yellow except for head, which is dark yellow with a slight reddish tinge.
Minor: concolorous medium yellow.
Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
COLOMBIA: Mun. Buenaventura, 3.2 km above Rio Aguaclara on the old Cali road, Valle, col. William L. Brown. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
L cataphracta, fully armored.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 611, fig. major, minor described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Longino J. T. L., and M. G. Branstetter. 2018. The truncated bell: an enigmatic but pervasive elevational diversity pattern in Middle American ants. Ecography 41: 1-12.