Pheidole protaxi sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), new species from tabuleiro forests of the Atlantic Forest biome
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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| author | Muriel Lima Oliveira Cléa Santos Ferreira Mariano Marco Antonio Costa Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie Sébastien Lacau |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-d2d0cde8cd4542b1b5f4c172da5d0a902022-12-21T21:29:34ZengUniversidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaSociobiology0361-65252447-80672015-12-0162410.13102/sociobiology.v62i4.866Pheidole protaxi sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), new species from tabuleiro forests of the Atlantic Forest biomeMuriel Lima OliveiraCléa Santos Ferreira Mariano Marco Antonio Costa Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie Sébastien LacauHereafter 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.http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/866TaxonomyPheidole protaxi sp. nov.“Tabuleiro” forests. |
| spellingShingle | Muriel Lima Oliveira Cléa Santos Ferreira Mariano Marco Antonio Costa Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie Sébastien Lacau Pheidole protaxi sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), new species from tabuleiro forests of the Atlantic Forest biome Sociobiology Taxonomy Pheidole protaxi sp. nov. “Tabuleiro” forests. |
| title | Pheidole protaxi sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), new species from tabuleiro forests of the Atlantic Forest biome |
| title_full | Pheidole protaxi sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), new species from tabuleiro forests of the Atlantic Forest biome |
| title_fullStr | Pheidole protaxi sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), new species from tabuleiro forests of the Atlantic Forest biome |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pheidole protaxi sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), new species from tabuleiro forests of the Atlantic Forest biome |
| title_short | Pheidole protaxi sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), new species from tabuleiro forests of the Atlantic Forest biome |
| title_sort | pheidole protaxi sp nov hymenoptera formicidae new species from tabuleiro forests of the atlantic forest biome |
| topic | Taxonomy Pheidole protaxi sp. nov. “Tabuleiro” forests. |
| url | http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/866 |
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