Pheidole tijucana
Pheidole tijucana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Pheidole |
Species: | P. tijucana |
Binomial name | |
Pheidole tijucana Borgmeier, 1927 |
Nothing is known about the biology of tijucana.
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Only known from the type locality.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -13.121944° to -22.9°.
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
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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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- tijucana. Pheidole tijucana Borgmeier, 1927b: 59 (s.w.) BRAZIL. [Also described as new by Borgmeier, 1928a: 39.] See also: Wilson, 2003: 355.
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 “jujuyensis complex” of the larger fallax group, comprising Pheidole araneoides, Pheidole cuevasi, Pheidole durionei, Pheidole jujuyensis, Pheidole kugleri, Pheidole leonina, Pheidole leptina, Pheidole lucretii, Pheidole lupus, Pheidole paraensis, Pheidole punctithorax, Pheidole tijucana, Pheidole wallacei and Pheidole wolfringi. P. tijucana is distinguished as follows.
Major: scape just attains occipital border; most of occiput vertex, and frontal lobes smooth and shiny; a small cluster of short longitudinal carinulae are gathered around midline at occiput; rugoreticulum on each side of head extends from eye to antennal fossa, anteriorly halfway between eye and anterior border of head, and posteriorly to halfway between eye and occipital border; mesopleuron and most of propodeum carinulate; propodeal spines equilaterally triangular.
Minor: propodeal spines reduced to denticle; occiput constricted to neck with broad nuchal collar.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.48, HL 1.54, SL 1.08, EL 0.22, PW 0.76. Paratype minor: HW 0.58, HL 0.74, SL 1.14, EL 0.16, PW 0.44.
COLOR Major: concolorous rich reddish brown.
Minor: plain light brown except for head, which has a darker, reddish shade.
Figure. Upper: syntype, major. Lower: syntype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
BRAZIL: Tijuca, Guanabara, Rio de Janeiro. Museum of Comparative Zoology - as reported in Wilson (2003)
Etymology
Named after the type locality. (Wilson 2003)
References
- Borgmeier, T. 1927b. Algumas novas formigas brasileiras. Arch. Mus. Nac. (Rio J.) 29: 57-65. (page 59, soldier, worker described)
- Borgmeier, T. 1928a. Einige neue Ameisen aus Brasilien. Zool. Anz. 75: 32-39 (page 39, also described as new)
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 355, fig. major, minor described)