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Pheidole sensipelada
| Pheidole sensipelada | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. sensipelada |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole sensipelada Longino, 2019
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This species occurs in lowland to lower montane wet forest. The few collections are from ground baits and from a beating sample.
Identification
Minor: face smooth and shining; head rounded behind; promesonotal groove present, distinctly impressed; pronotum smooth and shiny; katepisternum foveolate; propodeal spines about one quarter length of posterior face of propodeum; gaster smooth and shining; dorsal mesosoma, petiole, and postpetiole with long flexuous erect setae; tibiae with very long erect setae, as long as or longer than twice width of tibia; gastral dorsum with extremely sparse, short, fully appressed pubescence, and either lacking erect setae or with a few long erect setae near postpetiolar insertion; color dark brown to black.
Major: inner hypostomal teeth widely spaced, acicular; scape base terete; face almost entirely smooth and shining, with short longitudinal carinulae between eye and antennal fossa; promesonotal groove impressed; propodeal spines about one quarter length of posterior face of propodeum; gastral dorsum smooth and shiny; face with very sparse appressed pubescence similar to gaster; sides and posterior margin of head lacking erect setae; otherwise pilosity similar to minor worker.
Measurements, minor worker: HW 0.68, HL 0.74, SL 0.97, EL 0.18, WL 0.99, PSL 0.06, PTW 0.19, PPW 0.26, CI 91, SI 143, PSLI 9, PPI 134 (n=1).
Measurements, major worker: HW 1.07, HL 1.07, SL 0.85, EL 0.21, WL 1.09, PSL 0.08, PTW 0.32, PPW 0.41, CI 101, SI 80, PSLI 7, PPI 130 (n=1).
This species has the general habitus of Pheidole sensitiva, with which it is sympatric. It differs from P. sensitiva in larger size (minor worker mean HW 0.68 vs. 0.59) and reduced pilosity.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 9.48446° to 9.48446°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (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
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Paratype. Worker (minor). Specimen code CASENT0646448. Photographer Michele Esposito. | |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- sensipelada. Pheidole sensipelada Longino, 2019: 57, fig. 52 (w.) COSTA RICA.
Type Material
- HOLOTYPE: 1 major worker, Costa Rica, San José: Cerro Plano, 9.48446 -83.96228 ±200 m, 1030 m, 6-Jul-2015, cloud forest, at bait (ADMAC, Ba-E-06-2-03-14) [MUCR, unique specimen identifier CASENT0631275].
- PARATYPES: major, minor workers: same data as holotype [CAS, DZUP, JTLC, MCZC, MUCR, USNM].
Description
Etymology
In reference to the very long flexuous setae on the mesosoma.
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Longino J. T. 2019. Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Middle American wet forest. Zootaxa 4599: 1-126