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Pheidole huilana
| Pheidole huilana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. huilana |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole huilana Wilson, 2003 | |
The colony was found in cloud forest, and included a male when collected on 16 January 1978. (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: 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. |
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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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- huilana. Pheidole huilana Wilson, 2003: 710, 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
DIAGNOSIS Similar in various traits to Pheidole balzani, Pheidole gaigei and Pheidole godmani, differing as follows.
Major: head very broad, with Head Width greater than Head Length, and tapering from occiput to clypeus; antennal scape long, approaching the occipital corner within about its own maximum width; eye large, set forward, Eye Length almost as great as the distance from eye to anterior genal border; promesonotal dorsum flat; mesonotal convexity very low; entire head posterior to eyes smooth and shiny.
Minor: eye large and set forward, with Eye Length equal to distance from eye to anterior genal border; occiput broad, yet with nuchal collar; propodeal spines reduced to denticles.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.04, HL 1.00, SL 0.74, EL 0.20, PW 0.52. Paratype minor: HW 0.56, HL 0.66, SL 0.76, EL 0.14, PW 0.34.
COLOR Major: body medium reddish brown, appendages dark yellow.
Minor: body yellowish brown, legs dark yellow.
Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
COLOMBIA: Parque Nacional Cuevas de los Guacharos, 10 km southeast of Palestina, Huila, 2200 m, col. C. Kugler and J. Hahn. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
Named after the Colombian department in which the type colony was collected.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 710, fig. major, minor described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Wilson E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.