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Pheidole incisa
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. incisa |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole incisa Mayr, 1870
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A series collected by W. L. and D. E. Brown between Mosquera and La Mesa, Cundinamarca, Colombia, were above 2000 m, in low montane forest. (Wilson 2003)
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Known only from Colombia, evidently montane. (Wilson 2003)
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -22.9° to -30.075°.
| 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
Worker
Minor
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| Paralectotype Pheidole incisa. Worker. Specimen code casent0601277. Photographer John T. Longino, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMV. |
Major
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| Lectotype Pheidole incisa. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0601276. Photographer John T. Longino, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMV. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- incisa. Pheidole incisa Mayr, 1870a: 401 (s.w.) COLOMBIA. See also: Wilson, 2003: 711.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
DIAGNOSIS From Wilson (2003): Similar in various respects but not close to Pheidole bellatrix, Pheidole bison, Pheidole napoensis, Pheidole pullula, and members of the gertrudae group.
Major: in side view the mesonotum descends in a vertical face to the metanotum, which may bear a very small convexity; head anterior to posterior margin of eye partly carinulate and rest of body smooth and shiny; humerus in dorsal-oblique view rounded or subangulate; propodeal spines equilaterally triangular.
Minor: head and body almost completely smooth and shiny; promesonotal profile almost perfectly semicircular; propodeal spines reduced to denticles; postpetiolar node from side low, and from above oval.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.52, HL 1.56, SL 0.90, EL 0.22, PW 0.70. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.66, HL 0.74, SL 0.78, EL 0.12, PW 0.44.
COLOR Major and minor: concolorous brownish yellow.
Figure. Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
New Grenada,” Greater Colombia. Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna - as reported in Wilson (2003)
Etymology
L incisa, cut into, probably alluding to the sharp descent of the mesonotum. (Wilson 2003)
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 711, fig. major, minor d*Mayr, G. 1870a. Formicidae novogranadenses. Sitzungsber. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. Abt. I 61: 370-417 (page 401, soldier, worker described)
- Vázquez-Franco, C.M., Morrone, J.J. 2022. The genus Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Puebla, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93: e933820 (doi:10.22201/ib.20078706e.2022.93.3820).
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