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Pheidole hizemops
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. hizemops |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole hizemops Wilson, 2003
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Specimens, some at baits, were recovered from leaf litter in montane rainforest. (Wilson 2003)
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Mountain forests of west-central Costa Rica, 1300–1600 m (Longino 1997).
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 10.3° to 10.3°.
| 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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| Worker. Specimen code inbiocri001283057. Photographer J. Longino, uploaded by University of Utah. | Owned by JTLC. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- hizemops. Pheidole hizemops Wilson, 2003: 437, figs. (s.w.) COSTA RICA.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
DIAGNOSIS A small species sharing some traits, especially a moderately prominent mesonotal convexity, with Pheidole kuna, Pheidole micon, Pheidole tayrona and [[Pheidole tenebra of Mexico, Central America, and Colombia, and less so with Pheidole breviseta, Pheidole bruchella and Pheidole lignicola of Argentina and southern Brazil, but differing in details of sculpturing as shown, and especially in the eye of the major, which is placed farther forward on the head and has a concave posterior border.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.70, HL 0.76, SL 0.44, EL 0.14, PW 0.44. Paratype minor: HW 0.50, HL 0.54, SL 0.42, EL 0.10, PW 0.32.
COLOR Major: waist and gaster light brown; rest of body and appendages reddish yellow (“orange”), with tarsi medium yellow.
Minor: reddish yellow (“orange”).
Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
COSTA RICA: 2.5 km northwest of Santa Elena, Puntarenas Province, 10°20'N 84°50'W, 1500 m, col. R. Burtoft. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
Gr hizema, sinking, and ops, eye.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 437, fig. major, minor described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.