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Taxonomic history
Scientific Name | Status | Publication | Pages | ModsID | GoogleMaps |
Pheidole psilogaster | new species | Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press: 341, (download) | 341 | 20017 | |
Pheidole psilogaster | 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: 30 times found in tropical wet forest, 33 times found in mature wet forest, 38 times found in tropical rainforest, 24 times found in montane wet forest, 12 times found in mesophil forest, 16 times found in 2nd growth forest, 12 times found in lowland wet forest, 10 times found in 2nd growth vegetation, 6 times found in 2º wet forest, 5 times found in tropical rainforest, some big trees, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 155 times at bait, 47 times ex sifted leaf litter, 2 times Primary forest, 4 times Hojarasca, 5 times beating vegetation, 2 times forest litter, 1 times nest in dead Piper stem, 2 times at baits, 3 times Sobre Vegetacion, 3 times sifted litter, 1 times Primary, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 151 times Baiting, 30 times miniWinkler, 11 times Winkler, 12 times MaxiWinkler, 3 times Lure/Bait, 4 times bait, 4 times search, 5 times Beating, 3 times Berlese, 5 times Malaise, 3 times Sweeping, ...
Elevations: collected from 10 - 1400 meters, 515 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1980-08-28 00:00:00.0 and 2020-02-15 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: Not Provided: casent0283238; paratype Pheidole psilogaster: jtlc000016500