''Pheidole harrisonfordi'' is a species of
ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22 ...
in the genus ''
Pheidole
''Pheidole'' is a genus of ants that belongs to the ant subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus is widespread and ecologically dominant. It probably includes more than 1000 species. The genus first evolved in the Americas, eventually spreading across th ...
''. ''P. harrisonfordi'' lives in the Americas, mostly in neotropical countries such as
Belize
Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a wate ...
,
Colombia
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, southern
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
,
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...
,
Guatemala
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and other central American nations. It primary lives in
Santa Bárbara, Honduras
Santa Bárbara, with a population of 28,750 (2020 calculation), is the capital city of the Santa Bárbara Department of Honduras and the municipal seat of Santa Bárbara Municipality.
Demographics
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Santa ...
above sea level. The ant also inhabits wet forest
leaf litter
Plant litter (also leaf litter, tree litter, soil litter, litterfall or duff) is dead plant material (such as leaves, bark, needles, twigs, and cladodes) that have fallen to the ground. This detritus or dead organic material and its constituent ...
at a elevation of above sea-level. ''P. harrisonfordi'' was named after the actor
Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor. His films have grossed more than $5.4billion in North America and more than $9.3billion worldwide, making him the seventh-highest-grossing actor in North America. He is the recipient o ...
in honor of his work in tropical conservation. Minor workers have a head length of and a head width of . The head of minor workers are flattened with the mesonotal suture absent. Major workers have a head length of and a witdh of .
See also
* ''
Calponia harrisonfordi
''Calponia'' is a monotypic genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Caponiidae, containing the single species, ''Calponia harrisonfordi''. It was first described in 1993 by Norman I. Platnick, who named the type species after the film actor H ...
''
*
List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949)
In biological nomenclature, organisms often receive scientific names that honor a person. A taxon (e.g. species or genus; plural: taxa) named in honor of another entity is an eponym, eponymous taxon, and names specifically honoring a person or per ...
References
harrisonfordi
Insects described in 2002
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