Pheidole wolfringi
Pheidole wolfringi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Pheidole |
Species: | P. wolfringi |
Binomial name | |
Pheidole wolfringi Forel, 1908 |
Nothing is known about the biology of wolfringi.
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Kempf (1972b) records wolfringi from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. (Wilson 2003)
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -25.2221° to -25.2221°.
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
Worker
Minor
Images from AntWeb
Paralectotype of Pheidole wolfringi. Worker. Specimen code casent0908213. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- wolfringi. Pheidole wolfringi Forel, 1908c: 374 (s.w.) BRAZIL. See also: Wilson, 2003: 363.
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 chocoensis, Pheidole cuevasi, Pheidole jujuyensis, Pheidole kugleri, Pheidole leonina, Pheidole leptina, Pheidole lucretii, Pheidole lupus, Pheidole paraensis, Pheidole punctithorax, Pheidole tijucana, Pheidole wallacei and Pheidole wolfringi. P. wolfringi is distinguished as follows.
Major: antennal scape exceeds occipital corner by 2X its own maximum width; posterior two-fifths of dorsal head surface and all of posterior four-fifths of side of head smooth and shiny; carinulae originating laterad to frontal carinae fan outward; rugoreticulum limited on each side of head to small patch near antennal fossa; mesonotal convexity in dorsal-oblique view semicircular; propodeal spines reduced to denticles; pronotum and all of waist foveolate; petiolar node in side view with angulate apex.
Minor: propodeal spines reduced to denticles; pronotum mostly foveolate; occiput constricted into neck, with nuchal collar.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.20, HL 1.24, SL 1.12, EL 0.22, PW 0.66. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.54, HL 0.76, SL 1.10, EL 0.18, PW 0.42.
COLOR Major: concolorous light brown.
Minor: body light brown, appendages a shade lighter.
Figure. Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
BRAZIL: São Paulo. Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève - as reported in Wilson (2003)
Etymology
Eponymous. (Wilson 2003)
References
- Forel, A. 1908c. Fourmis de Costa-Rica récoltées par M. Paul Biolley. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 44: 35–72.
- Forel, A. 1908h. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 58: 340-418 (page 374, soldier, worker described)
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3–344.Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3–344.
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 363, fig. major, minor described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Forel A. 1908. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 58: 340-418.
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Luederwaldt H. 1918. Notas myrmecologicas. Rev. Mus. Paul. 10: 29-64.