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Pheidole puttemansi
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. puttemansi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole puttemansi Forel, 1911
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Nothing is known about the biology of puttemansi.
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Known from the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, Pará; and, in Argentina, Siete Arboles, Estero del Santiago. (Wilson 2003)
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -0.361° to -22.908°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil (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
Worker
Minor
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| Syntype of Pheidole fallax janeirensis. Worker. Specimen code casent0908137. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Major
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| Lectotype of Pheidole puttemansi. Worker (major/soldier). Specimen code casent0908142. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- puttemansi. Pheidole fallax subsp. puttemansi Forel, 1911c: 304 (s.) BRAZIL. Raised to species and senior synonym of janeirensis: Wilson, 2003: 343.
- janeirensis. Pheidole fallax r. janeirensis Forel, 1912f: 222 (s.w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of puttemansi: Wilson, 2003: 343.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
From Wilson (2003): A member of the fallax group close to Pheidole fallax, Pheidole gigas, Pheidole jelskii, Pheidole obscurithorax, Pheidole roushae, Pheidole tobini and Pheidole valens, differing as follows.
Major: entire posterior fifth of head, including occiput, smooth and shiny; lateral thirds of remainder of head in full-face view rugoreticulate, and median third, including frontal lobes, carinulate; humerus in dorsal-oblique view subangulate; petiole relatively slender, the apex of its node in side view tapering almost to a point; scapes relatively long (Scape Length/Head Width 0.64).
Minor (based on synonymous “r. janeirensis,” whose major was compared with the puttemansi lectotype): nearly identical to the fallax minor (as illustrated q.v.), with propodeal spines of intermediate length as depicted for that species.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.56, HL 1.64, SL 1.00, EL 0.22, PW 0.80. COLOR Major: concolorous light reddish brown.
Minor: medium reddish brown.
Figure. Lectotype, major. There are no minors in the type series; see Description. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro, col. Hubert Puttemans. (There are no minors in the type series; see Description). Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève - as reported in Wilson (2003)
Etymology
Named after the collector, Hubert Puttemans. (Wilson 2003)
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 343, Raised to species: new status, fig. major, minor described, Senior synonym of janeirensis)
- 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).
- Forel, A. 1911e. Ameisen des Herrn Prof. v. Ihering aus Brasilien (Sao Paulo usw.) nebst einigen anderen aus Südamerika und Afrika (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1911: 285-312 (page 304, soldier described)
- Franco, W., Ladino, N., Delabie, J.H.C., Dejean, A., Orivel, J., Fichaux, M., Groc, S., Leponce, M., Feitosa, R.M. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674, 509–543 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4674.5.2).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Nascimento Santos M., J. H. C. Delabie, and J. M. Queiroz. 2019. Biodiversity conservation in urban parks: a study of ground-dwelling ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Rio de Janeiro City. Urban Ecosystems https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-019-00872-8