Pheidole puttemansi

Nothing is known about the biology of puttemansi.

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Known from the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, Pará; and, in Argentina, Siete Arboles, Estero del Santiago. (Wilson 2003)

This taxon was described from Brazil.

Nomenclature

 *  puttemansi. Pheidole fallax subsp. puttemansi Forel, 1911c: 304 (s.) BRAZIL. Raised to species and senior synonym of janeirensis: Wilson, 2003: 343.
 * janeirensis. Pheidole fallax r. janeirensis Forel, 1912f: 222 (s.w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of puttemansi: Wilson, 2003: 343.

Description
From Wilson (2003): A member of the fallax group close to Pheidole fallax, Pheidole gigas, Pheidole jelskii, Pheidole obscurithorax, Pheidole roushae, Pheidole tobini and Pheidole valens, differing as follows.

Major: entire posterior fifth of head, including occiput, smooth and shiny; lateral thirds of remainder of head in full-face view rugoreticulate, and median third, including frontal lobes, carinulate; humerus in dorsal-oblique view subangulate; petiole relatively slender, the apex of its node in side view tapering almost to a point; scapes relatively long (Scape Length/Head Width 0.64).

Minor (based on synonymous “r. janeirensis,” whose major was compared with the puttemansi lectotype): nearly identical to the fallax minor (as illustrated q.v.), with propodeal spines of intermediate length as depicted for that species.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.56, HL 1.64, SL 1.00, EL 0.22, PW 0.80. COLOR Major: concolorous light reddish brown.

Minor: medium reddish brown.



'''Figure. Lectotype, major. There are no minors in the type series; see Description. Scale bars = 1 mm.'''

Type Material
- as reported in Wilson (2003)

Type Locality Information
BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro, col. Hubert Puttemans. (There are no minors in the type series; see Description). (Wilson 2003)

Etymology
Named after the collector, Hubert Puttemans. (Wilson 2003)

Additional References
Forel, A. 1911. Ameisen des Herrn Prof. v. Ihering aus Brasilien (São Paulo usw.) nebst einigen anderen aus Südamerika und Afrika (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1911: 285–312.

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