Pheidole tijucana

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Pheidole tijucana
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

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Type Specimen Label

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

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

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.


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Figure. Upper: syntype, major. Lower: syntype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Type Specimen Labels

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. 1928a. Einige neue Ameisen aus Brasilien. Zool. Anz. 75: 32-39 (page 39, also described as new)