• Home
  • About Alex Wild
  • Articles
  • Galleries
  • Myrmecology News

Myrmecos Blog

the little things matter

Feeds:
Posts
Comments
« A piece of cooperative art
Arizona Daily Star covers “Planet of the Ants” »

New Species: Pheidole bigote

August 5, 2009 by myrmecos

Doesn’t “bigote” mean “moustache” in Spanish?

Why, yes.  It does.

bigote1

Pheidole bigote Longino 2009
Chiapas, Mexico

The inimitable Jack Longino published a taxonomic paper today on the Central American Pheidole, including descriptions of some 23 new species.  Among these is the marvelously moustached P. bigote.  The function of the fantastic facial hair remains unknown.

source: Longino, J. T. 2009. Additions to the taxonomy of New World Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).  Zootaxa 2181: 1-90. 

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Like this:

Like Loading...

Related

Posted in Ants, Science, Taxonomy | Tagged new species, pheidole | 6 Comments

6 Responses

  1. on August 5, 2009 at 7:11 pm ihateaphids

    such weird hair??? I woulda guessed it was a bumble bee!


  2. on August 5, 2009 at 7:36 pm Henry W. Robison

    Glad you are back! I have missed my daily dose of great ant photos!


  3. on August 6, 2009 at 2:53 am Roberto Keller

    Duh, it’s obviously an adaptation to live in Mexico.


  4. on August 6, 2009 at 12:00 pm myrmecos

    Lol @ Roberto!


  5. on August 8, 2009 at 8:10 pm atheist of peace

    I would imagine that the hairs allow for picking up on vibrations, thus detecting enemies and danger from a longer distance away. And maybe prey as well. *is just guessing*


  6. on September 6, 2009 at 1:46 pm Jack Longino

    I’m honored to get on the blog Alex. And to be described as inimitable! Awesome. Regarding P. bigote, I think the pompons and concave, dish-like face are adaptations for getting better reception so they can watch telenovelas at night.



Comments are closed.


  • This blog is an archive; the Myrmecos blog has moved.

    Please update your bookmarks!
  • Alex’s Galleries

    alexanderwild.com

  • Recent Photos

    DarkQue bonito trabajo el de la Luna...iluminar vidas cuando andan a oscuras.Elephant HeadEastern Coyote, Southern OntarioWindowsジュエリーアイス
    More Photos
  • Biology Links

    • Tree of Life
    • Understanding Evolution
  • Blogroll

    • Ainsley Vs Livejournal
    • Ammonite
    • Anna’s Bee World
    • Archetype
    • Arthropoda blog
    • Backyard Arthropod Project
    • Beetles in the Bush
    • biodiversity in focus
    • Bug Dreams
    • Bug Eric
    • Bug Girl’s Blog
    • Burrard-Lucas Photoblog
    • Catalogue of Organisms
    • Creature Cast
    • Dan Heller
    • Debbie's Insect Blog
    • Dechronization
    • Drawing the MotMot
    • Entomoblog
    • Evolving Thoughts
    • Fall to Climb
    • Generant
    • Historias de Hormigas
    • Life on Six Legs
    • Macromite
    • microecos
    • mirmekolozi
    • myrmecoid
    • Myrmician
    • Natural Imagery
    • Nature in the Ozarks
    • NCSU Insect Blog
    • No Cropping Zone
    • omit needless words
    • Photo Synthesis
    • Princess Peppercloud
    • Science Blogs
    • Snail’s Tales
    • Stu Jenks
    • The Ant Hunter
    • The Ant Room
    • The Bug Whisperer
    • The Loom
    • This Week in Evolution
    • What's Bugging You?
    • Wild about Ants
    • Xenogere
  • Insect Links

    • Ant Farm Forum
    • Ant Insights
    • Antweb
    • Bug Squad
    • bugguide.net
    • Xerces Society
  • Photography Links

    • Canon Photography Forums
    • Digital Photography Review
    • DIY Photography
    • Igor Siwanowicz
    • Mark Plonsky
    • photo.net
    • Piotr Naskrecki
    • The Strobist
  • Popular Posts

    • What does it mean to be an eyeless ant?
    • Must we call them meat ants?
    • How to Identify Queen Ants
    • Things that look like ants but aren't (Part 2)
    • The Rogue Taxonomist
    • Photo Technique: Working With Ants
    • Speed bumps for our understanding of ant evolution
    • The trouble with phylogenetics
    • Friday Beetle Blogging: Dendroides Larva
    • How to Identify the Argentine Ant, Linepithema humile
  • Recent Posts

    • This blog has moved.
    • Friday Beetle Blogging: The Hollyhock Weevil
    • The Friday Beetle will be late…
    • Bed bugs reach an all-time high
    • Answer to the Monday Night Mystery
  • Recent Comments

    • Donald Byron Johnson on Reader question: who discovered the sex of ant workers?
    • Anonymous on Update on the Rogue Taxonomist
    • Ant on Arizona Daily Star covers “Planet of the Ants”
    • Ga. Girl on Beware the Cow-Killer
    • Anonymous on Beware the Cow-Killer
  • Categories

  • Archives

  • animation Ants aphids arachnids Argentina arizona army ants art Bees beetles behavior biodiversity biology Biology Links bugs Canon carabidae coleoptera copyright Darwin desert diptera E. O. Wilson ecology entomology Evolution fail fire ants Flies formicidae genetics google haiku Harpegnathos imaging Insect Links Insects invasive species lighting Linepithema macro macrophotography macro photography Martialis media miniscule muppets music myrmecology mystery natural history Nature new species odontomachus Parasites Paratrechina pests pheidole Photography Photography business photoshop phylogenetics phylogeny Pogonomyrmex politics predation Scarabaeidae Science SEM social insects spiders Taxonomy termites travel wasps
  • Nature Blog Network
    Add to Technorati Favorites

    Follow this blog

Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.

WPThemes.


  • Follow Following
    • Myrmecos Blog
    • Join 91 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Myrmecos Blog
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Copy shortlink
    • Report this content
    • View post in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...
 

    %d bloggers like this: