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Pheidole epetrion
| Pheidole epetrion | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. epetrion |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole epetrion Wilson, 2003 | |
Collected on the floor of second-growth forest. (Wilson 2003)
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Only known from the type locality.
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Ecuador (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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Castes
This species is only known from the minor.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- epetrion. Pheidole epetrion Wilson, 2003: 625, figs. (w.) ECUADOR.
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 scrobifera group known only from the minor, close to Pheidole simonsi of northeastern Mexico and Panama, differing in the longer propodeal spines, carinulate genae, absence of a nuchal collar, and mostly foveolate, opaque dorsal half of the head capsule.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype minor: HW 0.66, HL 0.68, SL 0.70, EL 0.14, PW 0.42. Minor: body blackish brown, tarsi yellow, rest of appendages medium brown.
COLOR Minor: body blackish brown, tarsi yellow, rest of appendages medium brown.
Figure. Holotype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
ECUADOR: Endesa Forest Reserve, Pichincha, col. Leeanne Tennant-Alonso. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
Gr epetrion, needle, referring to the needle-like propodeal spine.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 625, fig. minor described)