Pheidole wardi

Dataset
Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus.: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Wilson, E. O. (2003): Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, URL: http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu/HymOnline/reference-full.html?id=20017

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Arthropoda: class
Insecta: order
Hymenoptera: family
Formicidae: genus
Pheidole: species
Pheidole wardi

biology_ecology

Biology Collected in lowland rainforest.

description

Major: posterior profile of dorsal head surface strongly concave; hypostomum 2 - toothed; entire posterior half of cephalic dorsum and all of promesonotum rugoreticulate; propodeal spines very long and stout. Minor: occiput and promesonotum rugoreticulate; lateral thirds of head in full-face view rugulose; humeri cornulate; propodeal spines very long and thin. MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.04, HL 1.10, SL 0.50, EL 0.14, PW 0.62. Paratype minor: HW 0.52, HL 0.52, SL 0.44, EL 0.10, PW 0.36. Color Major: gaster and legs yellowish brown, rest of body and mandible reddish brown. Minor: concolorous brownish yellow.

diagnosis

Diagnosis A very distinctive species, easily distinguished by the following combination of traits.

distribution

Range Known only from the type locality.

etymology

etymology Named after the distinguished myrmecologist and field biologist Philip S. Ward.

materials_examined

Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. HONDURAS: Lancetilla, near Tela (William L. Brown). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Name

Homonyms: Pheidole wardi