Pheidole subaberrans

Nothing is known about the biology of subaberrans.

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Recorded from Tucumán and Salta, Argentina. (Wilson 2003)

This taxon was described from Argentina.

Nomenclature

 *  subaberrans. Elasmopheidole subaberrans Kusnezov, 1952b: 71 (s.w.) ARGENTINA. Combination in Pheidole (Elasmopheidole): Kempf, 1972a: 184. See also: Wilson, 2003: 140.

Description
From Wilson (2003): A member of the aberrans group — actually, an intermediate in habitus between the aberrans and tristis groups — distinguished as follows.

Major: large; head bicolored; occipital carina not present as in other aberrans-group species; hypostoma lacking spines; in full-face view, frontal lobes broad, asymmetrical, with pointed anterior borders that just reach the anterior clypeal border; humeri very large, rising 4X higher than the mesonotal convexity in dorsal-oblique view; acute, forward-projecting process on postpetiolar venter, as seen from the side; pronotum partly covered by transverse carinulae.

Minor: low process present on venter of postpetiole, as seen from the side; semicircular carinulae cover the pronotum; propodeal spines thin, needle-like.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.44, HL 1.76, SL 0.60, EL 0.16, PW 0.86. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.64, HL 0.68, SL 0.54, EL 0.12, PW 0.44.

COLOR Major: reddish yellow except for frontal lobes and borders of mandibles, which are a sharply contrasting blackish brown.



'''Figure. Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor.Scale bars = 1 mm.'''

Type Material
and - as reported in Wilson (2003)

Type Locality Information
Argentina.

Etymology
L subaberrans, below, i.e., almost aberrans. (Wilson 2003)

Additional References
Kusnezov, N. 1952d (“1951”). El género Pheidole en la Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zool. Lilloana 12: 5–88.

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