Pheidole quercicola
- 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 quercicola
biology_ecology
Biology The type colony was collected at a relatively high elevation in humid pine-oak forest.
description
Major: yellow; profde of promesonotal dorsum flat in side view, descending to metanotum in steep posterior face; humerus discrete and lobose in dorsal-oblique view; occiput broad and deeply concave; postpetiole conate from above; posterior half of head smooth and shiny; and anterior half of dorsal surface of head carinulate; lower margin of pronotum carinulate; middle of mesopleuron with band of broken rugulae. Minor: occiput broad, strongly concave; promesonotal profde semicircular; propodeal spine equilaterally triangular; postpetiolar node strongly developed in side view; almost all of body smooth and shiny. Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.06, HL 1.12, SL 0.50, EL 0.14, PW 0.54. Paratype minor: HW 0.52, HL 0.58, SL 0.48, EL 0.08, PW 0.34. Color Major: concolorous medium yellow. Minor: concolorous light yellow.
diagnosis
diagnosis Similar in various traits to bilimeki, chalca, daphne, floridana, furtiva, nebulosa, specularis, and stomachosa, differing as follows.
distribution
Range Known only from the type locality.
etymology
Etymology L quercicola, oak-dwelling, allusion to habitat of type colony.
materials_examined
Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. MEXICO: vicinity of Omilteme, Guerrero, 2300 - 2500 m (Cornell University Field Party, 1965). Scale bars = 1 mm.
Name
- Homonyms
- Pheidole quercicola