Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus.
Author
Wilson, E. O.
text
2003
Harvard University Press
Cambridge, MA, USA
http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu/HymOnline/reference-full.html?id=20017
book
20017
Pheidole coffeicola Borgmeier
Pheidole coffeicola Borgmeier
1934: 98.
Types Mus. Zool. Univ. Sao Paulo; Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.
Etymology L
coffeicola
, living with coffee, referring to the coffee plantation where the type colony was collected.
diagnosis A medium-sized, dark yellow species close to
variegata
(q.v.), and possibly synonymous, differing in the major in its more protuberant, subangular humerus, shorter postpetiolar node, much less extensive rugoreticulum on the head, and color.
P. coffeicola
may also be distinguished by the presence of abundant short, decumbent hairs (and no erect hairs) in the minor. See also less similar
laevifrons
,
mooreorum
,
pubiventris
,
seeldrayersi
, and
zelata
.
Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.22, HL 1.16, SL 0.84, EL 0.20, PW 0.56.
Paralectotype minor: HW 0.56, HL 0.74, SL 0.96, EL 0.14, PW 0.40.
color Major and minor: concolorous dark yellow.
Range Suriname, also recorded by Kempf (1972b) from Para, Brazil.
Biology Unknown.
Figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. SURINAME: Paramaribo. Scale bars = 1 mm.