Pheidole bruchi

Nothing is known about the biology of bruchi.

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Kempf (1972b) lists bruchi from Buenos Aires, Córdova, Misiones, Salta, and Tucumán in Argentina. (Wilson 2003)

This taxon was described from Argentina.

Nomenclature

 *  bruchi. Pheidole bruchi Forel, 1914d: 274 (s.w.) ARGENTINA. See also: Wilson, 2003: 668.

Description
From Wilson (2003): DIAGNOSIS Known to me only from a syntype minor, as illustrated (syntype majors could not be located in the Forel Collection). Closest to and possibly the same as Pheidole ambigua (q.v.). Distinguished in the minor caste by the sparse pilosity; propodeal spines reduced to denticles; narrowed occiput with nuchal collar; and the pattern of sculpturing, including the absence of carinulae on the mesosoma.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Syntype minor: HW 0.54, HL 0.66, SL 0.74, EL 0.12, PW 0.34.

COLOR Minor: concolorous medium brown, appendages a slightly contrasting yellowish brown.



'''Figure. Syntype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.'''

Type Material
minors only, syntype majors could not be located - as reported in Wilson (2003)

Type Locality Information
ARGENTINA: Rosário de la Frontera, Salta. (Wilson 2003)

Etymology
Named in honor of the Argentine entomologist Carlos Bruch. (Wilson 2003)

Additional References
Forel, A. 1914. Formicides d’Afrique et d’Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 50: 211–288.

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