Pheidole harrisonfordi

Pheidole harrisonfordi is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. P. harrisonfordi lives in the Americas, mostly in neotropical countries such as Belize, Colombia, southern Mexico, Panama, Guatemala and other Central American nations. It primary lives in Santa Bárbara, Honduras 700 metres (2,300 ft) above sea level.[1] The ant also inhabits wet forest leaf litter at an elevation of 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) above sea-level. P. harrisonfordi was named after the actor Harrison Ford in honor of his work in tropical conservation.[2] Minor workers have a head length of 0.41 millimetres (0.016 in) and a head width of 0.38 millimetres (0.015 in). The head of minor workers are flattened with the mesonotal suture absent. Major workers have a head length of 0.78 millimetres (0.031 in) and a width of 0.75 millimetres (0.030 in).[3]

Pheidole harrisonfordi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Pheidole
Species:
P. harrisonfordi
Binomial name
Pheidole harrisonfordi
(Wilson, 2002)
The neotropical regions in the southern Americas

See also

References
  1. "Pheidole harrisonfordi - AntCat". www.antcat.org. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  2. Piotr Naskrecki, The Ant Society: Honoring Conservation Heavyweights, Conservation International, 2003(?)
  3. "Pheidole harrisonfordi". www.antweb.org. Retrieved 2022-08-01.


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