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Pheidole ceibana
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. ceibana |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole ceibana Wilson, 2003
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This species is only known from type specimens collected from a piece of rotting wood on a steep, forested slope. (Wilson 2003)
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Only known from the type locality.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 15.692937° to 13.49798°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Honduras (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 ceibana. Worker. Specimen code casent0624251. Photographer Jeremy Pilllow, uploaded by University of Utah. | Owned by MCZC. |
Major
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| Paratype Pheidole ceibana. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code jtlc000016343. 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.
- ceibana. Pheidole ceibana Wilson, 2003: 394, figs. (s.w.) HONDURAS.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Similar to Pheidole dentigula, Pheidole harrisonfordi, Pheidole lemnisca, Pheidole metallescens, Pheidole peltastes, Pheidole perkinsi, Pheidole renae, Pheidole ruida, Pheidole tayrona and Pheidole xyston, differing as follows.
Major: very small; brown with pale yellow appendages; promesonotum smoothly semicircular in profile; heavily rugoreticulate occiput; and unstriped gaster.
Minor: head smooth, almost entirely sculpture-free.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.64, HL 0.70, SL 0.38, EL 0.10, PW 0.34. Paratype minor: HW 0.36, HL 0.40, SL 0.38, EL 0.08, PW 0.22.
COLOR Major and minor: body medium brown, appendages pale yellow.
Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
HONDURAS: 13 km south of La Ceiba, Atlántida Department, 130 m, col. W. L. Brown. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
Pertaining to Ceiba, near the type locality.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 394, 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.
- Wilson, E.O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A Dominant, Hyperdiverse Genus. Harvard University Press