Pheidole euryscopa
| Pheidole euryscopa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. euryscopa |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole euryscopa Wilson, 2003 | |
This species is only known from type specimens. Nothing is known about its biology.
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Only known from the type locality.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 1.659714° to 1.659714°.
| 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.
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.
Biology
Castes
Images from AntWeb
 
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| Paratype Pheidole euryscopa. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code jtlc000016371. Photographer Skyler Oswald, 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.
- euryscopa. Pheidole euryscopa Wilson, 2003: 415, 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
Similar in various traits to Pheidole albipes, Pheidole alticola, Pheidole camilla, Pheidole ebenina, Pheidole hazenae, Pheidole lustrata, Pheidole monteverdensis, Pheidole palenquensis and Pheidole servilia, differing as follows.
Major: reddish yellow; eyes set well forward on head; long, curved, backward-directed propodeal spines; weakly cornulate pronotal humeri; weak mesonotal convexity; and mostly carinulate cephalic dorsum with smooth occiput.
Minor: long, backward-directed propodeal spines.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.92, HL 1.02, SL 0.56, EL 0.16, PW 0.46. Paratype minor: HW 0.54, HL 0.60, SL 0.52, EL 0.10, PW 0.34.
COLOR Major: head and gaster medium reddish yellow with local patches of brownish tinge. Rest of body, and appendages, light to medium reddish yellow.
Minor: medium reddish yellow, appendages plain medium yellow.
Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor . Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
COLOMBIA: Parque Nacional Cuevas de los Guacheros, 10 km southeast of Palestina, Huila, 1900–2000 m, col. C. Kugler and J. Hahn. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
Gr euryscopa, wide view, referring to the large, forward-placed eyes.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 415, fig. major, minor described)
