Pheidole seeldrayersi

Nothing is known about the biology of seeldrayersi.

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Colombia, and one series from near Flor de Oro, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 450 m (P. S. Ward). Kempf (1972b) reports the species from Catamarca, Argentina, a surprising record that needs to be confirmed. (Wilson 2003)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia.

Worker
Minor

Nomenclature

 *  seeldrayersi. Pheidole seeldrayersi Forel, 1910a: 30 (s.w.q.) COLOMBIA. See also: Wilson, 2003: 229.

Description
From Wilson (2003): A medium-sized, yellowish brown member of the diligens group with long, erect pilosity, close to Pheidole coffeicola and Pheidole variegata (= Pheidole pubiventris), differing, as figured, in the major class by its shorter scapes, denser pilosity, triangular and pointed mesonotal convexity in side view, and more extensive cephalic rugoreticulum, which rugoreticulum stretches from the eyes to the circular carinulae surrounding the antennal fossae. See also the less similar Pheidole laevifrons, Pheidole laevinota, Pheidole pubiventris and Pheidole rufipilis.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.28, HL 1.28, SL 0.88, EL 0.20, PW 0.64. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.64, HL 0.74, SL 0.96, EL 0.18, PW 0.44.

COLOR Major: body and appendages yellowish brown, with the gaster a darker shade.

Minor: concolorous yellowish brown.



'''Figure. Upper: lectotype, major, including views from rear of both mesonotal convexity and petiolar node. Lower: paralectotype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.'''

Type Material
COLOMBIA: no further locality. - as reported in Wilson (2003)

Etymology
Eponymous. (Wilson 2003)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bruch C. 1914. Catálogo sistemático de los formícidos argentinos. Revista del Museo de La Plata 19: 211-234.
 * Cuezzo, F. 1998. Formicidae. Chapter 42 in Morrone J.J., and S. Coscaron (dirs) Biodiversidad de artropodos argentinos: una perspectiva biotaxonomica Ediciones Sur, La Plata. Pages 452-462.
 * Fernández F., E. E. Palacio, W. P. MacKay, and E. S. MacKay. 1996. Introducción al estudio de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Colombia. Pp. 349-412 in: Andrade M. G., G. Amat García, and F. Fernández. (eds.) 1996. Insectos de Colombia. Estudios escogidos. Bogotá: Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 541 pp
 * Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
 * Forel A. 1910. Glanures myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 54: 6-32.
 * Forel A. 1912. Formicides néotropiques. Part III. 3me sous-famille Myrmicinae (suite). Genres Cremastogaster et Pheidole. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 19: 211-237.
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Kusnezov N. 1978. Hormigas argentinas: clave para su identificación. Miscelánea. Instituto Miguel Lillo 61:1-147 + 28 pl.