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Pheidole klaman
| Pheidole klaman | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species group: | pulchella |
| Species: | P. klaman |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole klaman Gómez, Kouakou, Fischer, Hita-Garcia, Katzke & Economo, 2022 | |
Identification
Pheidole klaman is one of the four known yellow to orange species in the pulchella group, and appears closest to Pheidole pulchella. It is easily separable from the other yellow to orange coloured species in the group as follows:
Minor worker: while P. pulchella has appressed scape pilosity, P. klaman possesses long erect setae on the scapes that are as long as or longer than the scape width. Separation from Pheidole heliosa and Pheidole christinae is based on size, with P. klaman clearly smaller (HW: 0.64–0.71) and with relatively longer scapes (SI: 182–189) than the other two species (HW: 0.73–0.83, SI: 143–174).
Major worker: the major of P. christinae is unknown. The absence of setae laterally on the head and the presence of clearly demarcated antennal scrobes separates P. klaman from P. heliosa. Separation from P. pulchella is also unambiguous, P. klaman clearly being smaller (HW: 1.65–1.75 vs 2.0–2.28 for P. pulchella), with more elongated head (CI: 88–93 vs. 98–104 in P. pulchella) and longer scapes (SI: 62–63 vs. 50–56). Sculpture is another separation character, with P. klaman being uniformly punctate from mesonotum to propodeum, versus more weakly and irregularly punctate sculpture in P. pulchella. In P. klaman the posterior third of face has faint incomplete longitudinal rugulae at most, reduced to weak, superficially reticulate punctures posteriorly, while in P. pulchella the posterior third of the face is longitudinally rugose and weakly to superficially punctate, changing to obliquely and weakly rugulose towards the posterior head margin.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 5.8° to 5.8°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: Gomez et al., 2022
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Ivory Coast (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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
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X-ray micro-CT scan 3D model of Pheidole klaman (minor worker) prepared by the Economo lab at OIST.
Pheidole klaman minor worker from Taï National Park, Ivory Coast (KGAC: CASENT0764692). See on Sketchfab. See list of 3D images.
X-ray micro-CT scan 3D model of Pheidole klaman (minor worker) prepared by the Economo lab at OIST.
Pheidole klaman minor worker from Taï National Park, Ivory Coast (KGAC: CASENT0745509). See on Sketchfab. See list of 3D images.
X-ray micro-CT scan 3D model of Pheidole klaman (major worker) prepared by the Economo lab at OIST.
Pheidole klaman major worker from Taï National Park, Ivory Coast (HNMUK: CASENT0764691). See on Sketchfab. See list of 3D images.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- klaman. Pheidole klaman Gómez et al., 2022: 133, figs. 1-5, 6A,B, 7A,B, table 1, 2 (s.w.) IVORY COAST.
Type Material
- Holotype major worker: Ivory Coast: Montagnes District, Site 05 (Taï N. P.) 200m, 5.8438, –7.3484, 11/11/2019. Hand collected (Gómez, K. & Kouakou, L.). Primary forest, ex. rotten log [CASENT0764691] HNMUK.
- Paratype workers: same series, (1 major worker) [KGCOL00585] KGAC; (1 minor worker) [CASENT0745509] FHGC; (1 minor worker) [CASENT0764692] KGAC, (1 minor worker) [KGCOL00587] AFRC; (1 minor worker) [KGCOL00588] NHMUK; (1 minor worker) [KGCOL00590] YKPC; (3 minor workers, in ethanol) [KG04152] KGAC.