Pheidole protaxi sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), new species from tabuleiro forests of the Atlantic Forest biome

Authors

  • Muriel Lima Oliveira
  • Cléa Santos Ferreira Mariano 
  • Marco Antonio Costa 
  • Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie 
  • Sébastien Lacau

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v62i4.866

Keywords:

Taxonomy, Pheidole protaxi sp. nov., “Tabuleiro” forests.

Abstract

Hereafter a new species of Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is described from Southern Bahia in Brazil, after the morphology of its minor and major workers. This taxon is easily distinguished from any other congeneric species by a unique combination of characters.

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Published

2015-12-30

How to Cite

Oliveira, M. L., Mariano , C. S. F., Costa , M. A., Delabie , J. H. C., & Lacau, S. (2015). Pheidole protaxi sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), new species from tabuleiro forests of the Atlantic Forest biome. Sociobiology, 62(4), 533–537. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v62i4.866

Issue

Vol. 62 No. 4 (2015)

Section

Research Article - Ants

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