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)

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

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
ARGENTINA: Rosário de la Frontera, Salta. minors only, syntype majors could not be located - as reported in Wilson (2003)

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

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * 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.
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Kusnezov N. 1952. El género Pheidole en la Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 12: 5-88.
 * Santschi F. 1931. Contribution à l'étude des fourmis de l'Argentine. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina. 112: 273-282.
 * Vittar, F. 2008. Hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de la Mesopotamia Argentina. INSUGEO Miscelania 17(2):447-466
 * Wild, A. L. "A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Zootaxa 1622 (2007): 1-55.