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Pheidole hitoy
| Pheidole hitoy | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. hitoy |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole hitoy Longino, 2019
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This species occurs in lowland rainforest. Minor and major workers recruit to ground baits.
Identification
Longino (2019) - Minor: face smooth and shining; head rounded behind, with thin occipital carina; promesonotal groove present, distinctly impressed; anterior face of pronotum foveolate with a few transverse carinulae dorsal face smooth and shining, lateral face mostly smooth with some faint foveolation along ventral margin; katepisternum foveolate; propodeal spines long and thin, about as long as posterior face of propodeum; gaster smooth and shining; mesosomal and gastral dorsum with abundant flexuous erect setae; tibiae with erect setae; color red brown.
Major: inner hypostomal teeth widely spaced, acicular; scape base terete; face mostly smooth and shining, with longitudinal carinulae between eye and frontal carinae, irregular faint patches of foveolation elsewhere; propodeal spines about as long as posterior face of propodeum; gastral dorsum smooth and shining; side of head with erect setae; mesosomal and gastral dorsum with abundant flexuous erect setae; tibiae with erect setae.
Measurements, minor worker: HW 0.58, HL 0.70, SL 0.93, EL 0.14, WL 0.92, PSL 0.15, PTW 0.10, PPW 0.17, CI 82, SI 162, PSLI 27, PPI 162 (n=2).
Measurements, major worker: HW 1.18, HL 1.28, SL 0.96, EL 0.18, WL 1.20, PSL 0.17, PTW 0.19, PPW 0.28, CI 92, SI 81, PSLI 14, PPI 149 (n=2).
This species is very similar to Pheidole indagatrix, differing in the longer propodeal spines (minor worker PSLI ~27 vs. < 20).
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 9.66824° to 9.6671°.
| 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 minor. Worker. Specimen code CASENT0636895. Photographer Skyler Oswald, uploaded by University of Utah. | Owned by UCR. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- hitoy. Pheidole hitoy Longino, 2019: 37, fig. 38 (w.) COSTA RICA.
Type Material
- HOLOTYPE: 1 major worker, Costa Rica, Limón: Res. Biol. Hitoy-Cerere, 9.66824 -83.02232 ±50 m, 170 m, 12-Jun-2015, tropical rainforest, at bait (ADMAC, Ba-E-02-2-02-15) [MUCR, unique specimen identifier CASENT0644296].
- PARATYPES: major and minor worker: same data as holotype [JTLC, MCZC, MUCR]; same data except 9.6671 -83.02202 ±50 m, 180 m (Ba-E-02-2-04-06) [CAS, DZUP, JTLC, USNM].
Description
see the identification section above
Etymology
From the type locality.
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Longino J. T. 2019. Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Middle American wet forest. Zootaxa 4599: 1-126