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Pheidole microps
| Pheidole microps | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. microps |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole microps Wilson, 2003 | |
Collected from leaf litter on sandy soil, lowland rainforest. (Wilson 2003)
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Only known from the type locality.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -9.466667° to -12.59331°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Ecuador, Peru (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
Nomenclature
Castes
Known only from the major.
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- microps. Pheidole microps Wilson, 2003: 720, figs. (w.) PERU.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
DIAGNOSIS Somewhat similar to Pheidole fimbriata. Known only from the minor, which is readily distinguished from all other Pheidole species by its tiny eyes, yellow color, angulate anterior dorsal margin ofthe propodeum in side view, elongate petiolar peduncle, very loosely rugoreticulate dorsum of the head, and rugoreticulate anterior and lateral edges of the pronotum.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype minor: HW 0.48, HL 0.52, SL 0.44, EL 0.02, PW 0.32.
COLOR Yellow.
Figure. Unique holotype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
PERU: near Lake Sandoval, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, 260 m, col. Charles Kugler and R. R. Lambert. Museum of Comparative Zoology
Etymology
Gr microps, small eyes.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 720, fig. minor described)
- Albuquerque, E., Prado, L., Andrade-Silva, J., Siqueira, E., Sampaio, K., Alves, D., Brandão, C., Andrade, P., Feitosa, R., Koch, E., Delabie, J., Fernandes, I., Baccaro, F., Souza, J., Almeida, R., Silva, R. 2021. Ants of the State of Pará, Brazil: a historical and comprehensive dataset of a key biodiversity hotspot in the Amazon Basin. Zootaxa 5001, 1–83 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5001.1.1).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
- Pires de Prado L., R. M. Feitosa, S. Pinzon Triana, J. A. Munoz Gutierrez, G. X. Rousseau, R. Alves Silva, G. M. Siqueira, C. L. Caldas dos Santos, F. Veras Silva, T. Sanches Ranzani da Silva, A. Casadei-Ferreira, R. Rosa da Silva, and J. Andrade-Silva. 2019. An overview of the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the state of Maranhao, Brazil. Pap. Avulsos Zool. 59: e20195938.