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Pheidole rotundiceps
| Pheidole rotundiceps | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. rotundiceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole rotundiceps Wilson, 2003 | |
Nothing is known about the biology of rotundiceps.
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Only known from the type locality.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -0.485588° to -0.485588°.
| 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 caste.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- rotundiceps. Pheidole rotundiceps Wilson, 2003: 744, figs. (s.w.) 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 very large, yellow member of the tristis group, similar to Pheidole pepo, Pheidole sphaerica and Pheidole subsphaerica, easily distinguished by the following traits.
Major: head capsule nearly circular in outline; the entire outline of the head in full-face view almost completely devoid of pilosity; entire head posterior to the level of the eye sparsely covered by rows of elongate foveae; postpetiolar node seen from above bluntly cone-shaped.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 2.34, HL 2.24, SL 1.10, EL 0.30, PW 0.98.
COLOR Major: concolorous light reddish yellow (light “orange”).
Figure. Holotype, major. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
ECUADOR: Tinalandia, 16 km southeast of Domingo de los Colorados, col. Stewart B. and Jarmila Kukalová-Peck. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
L rotundiceps, round head.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 744, 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.