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Pheidole reclusi
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. reclusi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole reclusi Forel, 1899
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Nothing is known about the biology of reclusi.
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Recorded from the type locality and near Minca, both in Magdalena, Colombia. (Wilson 2003)
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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| Syntype of Pheidole reclusi. Worker. Specimen code casent0908312. Photographer Will Ericson, 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.
- reclusi. Pheidole distorta r. reclusi Forel, 1899c: 75 (footnote) (s.w.) COLOMBIA. Forel, 1901e: 356 (q.). Combination in P. (Trachypheidole): Emery, 1922e: 111. Raised to species: Wilson, 2003: 256.
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 distorta group distinguished by the following combination of traits.
Major: similar to Pheidole distorta (q.v.) but with less exaggerated promesonotal hump, its rear face descending obliquely rather than vertically to the metanotum in side view; propodeal spines well developed; rugoreticulum of vertex loose, with large, smooth interspaces.
Minor: propodeal spines strongly developed; humerus denticulate in dorsal-oblique view; occipital border in full-face view concave.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Major (Minca, Colombia): HW 1.78, HL 1.76, SL 0.64, EL 0.16, PW 0.80. Minor (Minca, Colombia): HW 0.66, HL 0.66, SL 0.62, EL 0.14, PW 0.42.
COLOR Major: bicolorous, with head light reddish brown, rest of body and appendages dark reddish to blackish brown.
Minor: concolorous light brown except for gaster, which is dark brown.
Figure. Upper: major (compared with syntype by W. L. Brown). Lower: minor. COLOMBIA: 2–3 km above Minca, Magdalena. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
San Antonio, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena. Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève - as reported in Wilson (2003)
Etymology
Presumably L reclusa, shut up, separate, removed. (Wilson 2003)
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 256, Raised to species, fig. major, minor d*Camargo-Vanegas, J.J., Guerrero, R.J. 2020. Las hormigas Pheidole (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) en el bosque seco tropical de Santa Marta, Colombia. Revista Colombiana de Entomologia 46(2): e8433 (doi:10.25100/socolen.v46i2.8433).
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 111, Combination in P. (Trachyphe idole))
- Forel, A. 1899e. Formicidae. [part]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 57-80 (page 75, soldier, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1901j. Variétés myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 45: 334-382 (page 356, queen described)
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