Scientific illustration of Pheidole pauchil ant - showing key identification features including head, thorax, and gaster.

Fossil Pheidole pauchil

Non-Parasitic Queen Tidak Gamergate
Nama Ilmiah
Pheidole pauchil
Tribe
Attini
Subfamili
Myrmicinae
Penulis
Varela-Hernández & Riquelme, 2021
Fosil
Ya (spesies fosil)
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Pendahuluan

Pheidole pauchil is an extinct ant species known only from a single worker preserved in Miocene Mexican amber, dated to approximately 23 million years ago. Described in 2021,it represents one of the few fossil species in the diverse genus Pheidole. The worker measures about 4.2 mm in body length, with a small head that is roughly as long as wide, long antenna scapes that extend past the top of the head, a three-segmented antennal club, and long, triangular propodeal spines . Its species name 'pauchil' means 'amber' in the Tzeltal language .

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Status berdasarkan negara, dari Kass et al. 2022 & Wong et al. 2023

Asli Invasif Introduksi (dalam ruangan) Dicegat Tidak diketahui
Sumber Data
Rentang Tahun 2000 - 2026
Fossil

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Pheidole pauchil is a fossil species and does not require a caresheet.