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Issue: Vol. 5523 No. 2: 15 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5523.2.3
Page range: 192-210
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Three new species of Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini) from central Mexico

Museo de Zoología “Alfonso L. Herrera’’; Departamento de Biología Evolutiva; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM); 04510 Mexico City; Mexico.; Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM); Unidad de Posgrado; Edificio D; 1° Piso; Circuito de Posgrados; Ciudad Universitaria; 04510 Mexico City; Mexico.
Ecología de Artrópodos en Ambientes Extremos; UMDI; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM); Campus Juriquilla; 76230 Querétaro; Mexico.
UBIPRO; Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM); Av. de los Barrios 1; Los Reyes Iztacala; Tlalnepantla; 54090 Estado de México; Mexico.
Museo de Zoología “Alfonso L. Herrera’’; Departamento de Biología Evolutiva; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM); 04510 Mexico City; Mexico.
Hymenoptera ant taxonomy systematics hyperdiverse genus Puebla Querétaro

Abstract

Pheidole is the richest ant genus in the world. We describe herein three new species from the state of Puebla, Mexico: P. jolalpanensis sp. nov., P. latiscava sp. nov. and P. rojasae sp. nov. Additionally state records and notes are provided for P. lamia Wheeler 1901 and P. polymorpha Wilson 2003 for the Mexican states of Veracruz and Querétaro, respectively. Parts of Wilson’s taxonomic keys are modified to allow the identification of the new species.

 

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