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Pheidole lancifera
| Pheidole lancifera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. lancifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole lancifera Wilson, 2003 | |
I raised the type colony from a dealate queen I captured on the floor of lowland rainforest near Manaus; the colony, after growing to contain several hundred workers, produced males. A colony found at Cuzco Amazónico by Cover and Tobin was nesting in a rotten stick in leaf litter on the floor of terra firme forest, and contained males on 12 June. (Wilson 2003)
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
From Wilson (2003): In addition to the type series, from north of Manaus, I have seen specimens from Carajás, Pará, Brazil, and Cuzco Amazónico, near Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios (Stefan Cover and John E. Tobin).
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -2.299919° to -10.06666667°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality), Peru.
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.
- lancifera. Pheidole lancifer Wilson, 2003: 202, figs. (s.w.) BRAZIL.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
A large, blackish brown member of the diligens group easily distinguished by the following traits.
Major: blackish brown; large; head distinctly broader than long; antenna approaching within 2! its maximum length the occipital corner; space between eye and antennal fossa rugoreticulate; head and body mostly smooth; propodeal spine nearly as long as the basal propodeal space anterior to it.
Minor: very dark brown; propodeal spines in side view as long as the basal propodeal face anterior to them, and from above widely divergent; occiput narrowed, with nuchal collar.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.64, HL 1.56, SL 1.10, EL 0.24, PW 0.82. Paratype minor: HW 0.72, HL 0.82, SL 1.10, EL 0.20, PW 0.48.
COLOR Major: concolorous very dark brown to black, except for tarsi and funiculi, which are light to medium brown.
Minor: body and antennal scape very dark, almost blackish brown; remainder of appendages medium brown.
Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
BRAZIL: Fazenda Esteio, 90 km north of Manaus, col. E. O. Wilson. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
L lancifer, spear carrier, referring to the propodeal spines of both castes.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. Text and images from this publication used by permission of the author.
- Albuquerque, E., Prado, L., Andrade-Silva, J., Siqueira, E., Sampaio, K., Alves, D., Brandão, C., Andrade, P., Feitosa, R., Koch, E., Delabie, J., Fernandes, I., Baccaro, F., Souza, J., Almeida, R., Silva, R. 2021. Ants of the State of Pará, Brazil: a historical and comprehensive dataset of a key biodiversity hotspot in the Amazon Basin. Zootaxa 5001, 1–83 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5001.1.1).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bezdeckova K., P. Bedecka, and I. Machar. 2015. A checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Peru. Zootaxa 4020 (1): 101–133.