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Pheidole fullerae
| Pheidole fullerae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. fullerae |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole fullerae Wilson, 2003 | |
The type colony was found nesting in a very small dead stick at the edge of a forest stream; the nest contained a seed cache. (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: -2.458661° to -2.458661°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
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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Biology
Castes
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Paratype Pheidole fullerae. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code jtlc000016380. 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.
- fullerae. Pheidole fullerae Wilson, 2003: 691, figs. (s.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 Similar in various respects to Pheidole antillana, Pheidole gauthieri, Pheidole guayasana, Pheidole hetschkoi, Pheidole heyeri, Pheidole napoensis and Pheidole securigera, differing as follows from these and other tristis group species.
Major: antennallobes project forward and downward as prominent lobes, in side view; shallow antennal scrobes present, each with a small patch of rugoreticulum behind it; almost all of the remaining surface of the head, up to and including the occiput, carinulate; humeri in dorsal-oblique view very prominent, lobose, and 2X higher than mesonotal convexity relative to the metanotal groove; comers of humeri rugoreticulate; postpetiole from above elliptical.
Minor: entire body almost completely smooth and shiny; propodeal spines reduced to denticles; promesonotal central half flat in side view; occiput narrow with a nuchal collar.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.44, HL 1.44, SL 0.72, EL 0.16, PW 0.72. Paratype minor: HW 0.54, HL 0.58, SL 0.64, EL 0.08, PW 0.34.
COLOR Major: mandibles dark reddish brown, body medium reddish brown, other appendages light reddish brown.
Minor: body medium reddish brown, appendages dark brownish yellow.
Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
ECUADOR: Sucua, 16 km south of Macas, 2°28'S 78°1O'W, col. Gary Umphrey. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
Named after Kathryn Fuller, President of World Wildlife Fund-U. S. and champion of tropical biodiversity.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 691, fig. major, minor described)