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Taxonomic history
Scientific Name | Status | Publication | Pages | ModsID | GoogleMaps |
Pheidole potosiana | new species | Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press: 339, (download) | 339 | 20017 | |
Pheidole potosiana | Longino, J. T., 2009, Additions to the taxonomy of New World Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 2181, pp. 1-90: 66, (download) | 66 | 22820 |
Found most commonly in these habitats: 7 times found in 2º wet forest, 1 times found in tropical rainforest, 1 times found in 2º mesophil forest, 1 times found in Moist forest patch surrounded by dry forest (Bosque Humedo), 1 times found in wet forest.
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 7 times at bait, 3 times ex sifted leaf litter, 1 times beating vegetation.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 6 times Baiting, 2 times miniWinkler, 1 times Beating, 1 times Winkler.
Elevations: collected from 30 - 1415 meters, 324 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1972-12-24 00:00:00.0 and 2008-06-16 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: holotype Pheidole potosiana: jtlc000016497
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