Biology
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This species is a montane specialist, ocurring in cloud forest habitats from 1300-2750m elevation. Nests are in the soil and under stones. Foragers, including major workers, come to baits on the forest floor, and workers are collected in Berlese and Winkler samples. Alate queens were collected 11 July 2007, at Cerro Huitepec in Chiapas. Males remain unknown.
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Distribution Notes
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Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala, Belize, Honduras.
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Taxonomic History
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Pheidole deceptrix Forel, 1899e PDF: 66, pl. 3, fig. 20 (s.) GUATEMALA. Neotropic.
AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Senior synonym of
Pheidole chiapasana:
Longino, 2009 PDF: 25.Senior synonym of
Pheidole variceps:
Longino, 2009 PDF: 25.See also:
Wilson, 2003a: 679.
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