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Pheidole napoensis
| Pheidole napoensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. napoensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole napoensis Wilson, 2003 | |
Nothing is known about the biology of napoensis.
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Only known from the type locality.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -1.039° to -1.174563°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Ecuador (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
Known only from the major.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- napoensis. Pheidole napoensis Wilson, 2003: 725, figs. (s.) ECUADOR.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
DIAGNOSIS A striking, large member of the tristis complex, similar to Pheidole bellatrix of Colombia and more distantly so to Pheidole pepo, Pheidole rotundiceps, Pheidole sphaerica and Pheidole subsphaerica, variously from Colombia and Ecuador, and distinguished as follows.
Major: promesonotum in side view forms a very large hump towering over the propodeum; antennal scrobes present; humeri very broad and rugoreticulate; postpetiolar node conulate; a patch of rugoreticulum present behind and below the eye. Minor: unknown.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.70, HL 1.70, SL 0.72, EL 0.20, PW 0.92.
COLOR Major: body and mandibles very dark reddish brown, other appendages brownish yellow.
Figure. Unique holotype, major. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
ECUADOR: 20 kilometers south of Tena, Napo, 600 m, col. Stewart and Jarmila Kukalova-Peck. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
Named after the Ecuadoran province of origin.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 725, fig. major 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.