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<mods:title id="8C172FFC7B81CF33DA6C95BC612E16F4">Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus.</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart id="4E504223CAFDC2B0CCD010AD4B884B88">Wilson, E. O.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:dateIssued id="DCDD34A1EEDF7A5C7356643AA5691022">2003</mods:dateIssued>
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<treatment id="6E2A548B38006574D257CCACED2D11CF" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275401" ID-GBIF-Taxon="100119329" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6275401" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6E2A548B38006574D257CCACED2D11CF" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E2A548B38006574D257CCACED2D11CF" lastPageNumber="676" pageNumber="676">
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<subSubSection id="F2CB9920C5FD461F6828C0FE179E7728" type="nomenclature">
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<paragraph id="4573A5CA7B307D684375694501F45315" pageNumber="676">
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<taxonomicName id="7EC8153AA39C51EF6EA256A29BFF367A" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:182024" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole coveri Wilson" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole coveri Wilson" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="676" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coveri">Pheidole coveri</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="AAA9A7C321989C61CE66D72EDA819DF6" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<paragraph id="492CF3BCB9E5BF233181C7EE7C1A5240" pageNumber="676">Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="435B394ECBC4139908C312B536CDCEA0" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="CCB5FA9E7E117E13604A98DC76F57E91" pageNumber="676">Etymology Named after the accomplished collector, myrmecologist and field biologist Stefan Cover.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="EA78395FAA621964F30E8BE718C9E384" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="99A77AC50F2E2B1171B0750FC563F3C7" pageNumber="676">
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diagnosis Similar in various traits to
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<taxonomicName id="CCDCF2E391F0D13055846CAADC4A4394" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:182009" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole antillana Forel" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole antillana Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="676" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="antillana">antillana</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="BADA78649A591AE7D8ED427B127BC93F" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33754" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole gauthieri Forel" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole gauthieri Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="676" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gauthieri">gauthieri</taxonomicName>
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, and
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<taxonomicName id="36E321AACF757C89EDEE97E430004D89" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33780" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole hetschkoi Emery" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole hetschkoi Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="676" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hetschkoi">hetschkoi</taxonomicName>
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, differing as follows.
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<paragraph id="92FD103F3E2C5516EE75E19C6F67B021" pageNumber="676">Major: mostly reddish yellow; all of promesonotum rugoreticulate; rugoreticulum on head extends from antennal fossa back to the outer portions of the vertex; rest of the dorsal surface of the head variously carinulate or rugulose; humerus in dorsal-oblique view elevated to 2X the height of the mesonotal convexity above the metanotal groove; postpetiole spinose. Minor: most of head and mesosoma rugoreticulate, as illustrated; occiput broad and with thin nuchal collar; propodeal spines equilateral ly triangular.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="FFD0DE9A79B05AC39B4E2B14C9E6AD08" pageNumber="676">Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.50, HL 1.60, SL 0.66, EL 0.14, PW 0.78. Paratype minor: HW 0.66, HL 0.70, SL 0.64, EL 0.10, PW 0.46.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="193D4ED21E388FA14D73001BDDB60B64" pageNumber="676">Color Major: most of body and appendages light reddish yellow ("orange"); mandibles, anterior rim of midclypeus, and all of</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="59DF198902111D5C995A7B5E4FA7F3F9" pageNumber="676">lateral wings of clypeus plain medium brown; gaster light reddish brown.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="AFEE83162C5908156643B60F41D55AE4" pageNumber="676">Minor: concolorous light reddish yellow except for gaster, which is plain medium brown.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="55EC36613C4E7FF894B09B5962CF00EF" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="7D22D1267A9B16836B19B5AC634DA902" pageNumber="676">Range Known from the type locality, and from a series collected at El Espinal, near Michelena, Tachira, Venezuela (J. Lattke).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A9475D628A080D2227CBBCD0E83A8B2B" pageNumber="676">
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Biology Four of five colonies collected by Stefan Cover (personal communication) in the St. George County mountains of Trinidad were in mature montane rainforest and one was in secondary montane rainforest. All were nesting in rotten sticks on the forest floor. The colonies contained a single queen and fewer than 200 workers. One of the five nests contained a seed cache. In a colony maintained in an artificial nest by Cover, the minors defended the nest against fire ants (
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<taxonomicName id="8D7A3E2E97A95D0DF71791528B5224B8" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:144431" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Solenopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Solenopsis invicta Buren" lsidName-HNS="Solenopsis invicta Buren" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="676" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="invicta">Solenopsis invicta</taxonomicName>
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) allowed to forage in the vicinity, but the large majors ("soldiers") hid inside the nest, leading Cover to feel some concern over having a species named in his honor that displays such a conspicuous degree of cowardly behavior. (Actually, he agreed that majors highly specialized to serve as seed millers often avoid combat.)
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<paragraph id="3CD3B3328329B04497FFE6285DEC0899" pageNumber="676">Figure Upper: holotype, major, hind femur included. Lower: paratype, minor. TRINIDAD: Windblow Ridge, Arima Valley, St. George Co., 550 m (Stefan Cover). Scale bars = 1 mm.</paragraph>
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