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Pheidole familiaparra
| Pheidole familiaparra | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. familiaparra |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole familiaparra Longino, 2019
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This species occurs in montane wet forest. It is known from ground baits.
Identification
Longino (2019) - Minor: face smooth and shining; head tapering posteriorly; occipital carina moderately developed; promesonotal groove present, distinctly impressed; lateral pronotum smooth and shiny; katepisternum uniformly foveate; propodeal spines long, similar in length to posterior face of propodeum; gaster smooth and shining; abundant, flexuous, erect setae on mesosomal dorsum, tibiae, and gastral dorsum; color yellow.
Major: inner hypostomal teeth widely spaced, acicular; scape base subterete, narrower than apical portion; face with irregular rugulose foveolate sculpture anteriorly, fading to smooth and shining posteriorly; promesonotal groove impressed; propodeal spines about half length of posterior face of propodeum; gastral dorsum smooth and shining; abundant erect setae on face, sides of head, mesosomal dorsum, tibiae, and gastral dorsum.
Measurements, minor worker: HW 0.69, HL 0.93, SL 1.32, EL 0.17, WL 1.26, PSL 0.21, PTW 0.16, PPW 0.22, CI 74, SI 193, PSLI 31, PPI 143 (n=1).
Measurements, major worker: HW 1.55, HL 1.65, SL 1.24, EL 0.25, WL 1.71, PSL 0.21, PTW 0.28, PPW 0.43, CI 94, SI 80, PSLI 13, PPI 153 (n=2).
See under Pheidole tinamu. A collection of a major worker from a site in northern Costa Rica, in the Cordillera de Guanacaste, is tentatively identified as this species.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 9.48544° to 9.48544°.
| 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
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Paratype. Worker (minor). Specimen code CASENT0646344. 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.
- familiaparra. Pheidole familiaparra Longino, 2019: 34, fig. 53 (w.) COSTA RICA.
Type Material
- HOLOTYPE: 1 major worker, Costa Rica, San José: Ranchos Tinamu, 9.48544 -83.95394 ±100m, 760m, 9-Jul-2015, montane wet forest, near edge of pasture, at bait (ADMAC, Ba-E-07-1-02-12) [MUCR, unique specimen identifier CASENT0631331].
- PARATYPES: major, minor workers: same data as holotype [CAS, DZUP, JTLC, MCZC, MUCR, USNM].
Description
see the identification section above
Etymology
In honor of the extended Parra family who helped us during expeditions to the Río Savegre area in 2015: Rafael, Marieugenia, and Daniela Parra from Santa María de Dota, and Santiago Parra from Ranchos Tinamu.
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Longino J. T. 2019. Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Middle American wet forest. Zootaxa 4599: 1-126