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Pheidole veletis
| Pheidole veletis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. veletis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole veletis Wilson, 2003 | |
A colony found by Alfred Emerson on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, was nesting in a rotten log on the forest floor. (Wilson 2003)
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Known from the type locality (Las Palmas, Bolivia), from Barro Colorado Island, Panama, and from Santarém, Pará, Brazil. (Wilson 2003)
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 8.407045° to -13.452778°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (type locality), Brazil, Panama.
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- veletis. Pheidole veletis Wilson, 2003: 246, figs. (s.w.) BOLIVIA.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Similar to Pheidole laevinota and Pheidole rufipilis and somewhat less to Pheidole laevifrons and Pheidole variegata (= Pheidole pubiventris), differing in the following combination of traits.
Major: yellow; antennal scape just reaching occipital border; humerus smoothly rounded in dorsal-oblique view; postpetiole subtrapezoidal from above; carinulae originating on frontal lobes extend halfway between level of eye and occiput; anterior fringe of pronotum and dorsal surface of propodeum transversely carinulate.
Minor: yellow; anterior fringe of pronotum transversely carinulate; propodeal spine reduced to denticle.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.96, HL 0.94, SL 0.72, EL 0.14, PW 0.50. Paratype minor: HW 0.52, HL 0.58, SL 0.66, EL 0.12, PW 0.38.
COLOR Major and minor: concolorous medium yellow.
Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
BOLIVIA: vicinity of Las Palmas, Santa Cruz, col. James C. Trager. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
L veletis, skirmisher.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 246, fig. major, minor 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.
- Longino J. T. L., and M. G. Branstetter. 2018. The truncated bell: an enigmatic but pervasive elevational diversity pattern in Middle American ants. Ecography 41: 1-12.