Entomology 301101: Pheidole machetula

Entomology 301101
Pheidole machetula
whole animal (pinned)

Paratype of Pheidole machetula

Cuzco Amazonico, 15 km NE of Puerto Maldonado
South America: Peru: Madre de Dios: Tambopata
6-26-89
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Identifications

Pheidole machetula Wilson, 2003

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera Apocrita Vespoidea Formicidae Myrmicinae Pheidolini Pheidole machetula

Identified by Edward Osborne Wilson on 2003-12-31
Nature of ID: expert ID

Citations

Wilson 2003, Paratype of Pheidole machetula

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	South America
Country:	Peru
State/Province:	Madre de Dios
County:	Tambopata
Specific Locality:	Cuzco Amazonico, 15 km NE of Puerto Maldonado
Verbatim Locality:	Peru: Madre de Dios Cuzco Amazonico: 15 km NE of Puerto Maldonado Plot 2E20. Mature rainforest
General Habitat:	mature rainforest
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Coordinates:	-12.497473° -69.090947° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 6233 m
	Nelson Rios; 2018-10-03; Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2018-10-03
	Coordinate Remarks: [UNDER REVIEW; GEOLOCATE_SCORE: 91; GEOLOCATE_PRECISION: High; GEOLOCATE_NUMRESULTS: 2]
Collecting Date:	6-26-89

Collectors

Stefan P. Cover

John E. Tobin

Identifiers

collector number: SPC CA-509

type number: 34266

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (pinned)	good, tentative	in collection	2

Remarks: Labels: Peru: Madre de Dios Cuzco Amazonico: 15 km NE of Puerto Maldonado S.P. Cover & J.E. Tobin; 6-26-89 CA-509 Plot 2E2D. Mature rainforest. Bare clay soil in gap.; Pheidole machetula Wilson Paratypes

Microhabitat: bare clay soil in gap

Media

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