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

Fossil Pheidole pauchil

Non-Parasitic Queen Não Gamergate
Nome cient.
Pheidole pauchil
Tribo
Attini
Subfamília
Myrmicinae
Autor
Varela-Hernández & Riquelme, 2021
Fóssil
Sim (espécie fóssil)
Distribuição
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Introdução

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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Estado por país, de Kass et al. 2022 & Wong et al. 2023

Nativa Invasiva Introduzida (interior) Interceptada Desconhecido
Fontes de dados
Intervalo de anos 2000 - 2026
Fossil

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