The impressively moustached Pheidole bigote was described from Chiapas by Jack Longino in 2009. What’s up with the bizarrely plush facial adornment? No one knows. Seems like there’s a lot of that going around these days.
An Ant for Movember
MYRMECOS
Little Things Matter
I like the description on antweb of the feature too – “clypeal pompons”. From previous experience I know that my clypeal pompons are nowhere near as impressive though, so I’ll continue shaving…
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Bearded Tit, Panurus biarmicus, is a European little bird (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearded_Reedling ).
The title of my contribution in the Ameisenforum, “Bartmeise”, is a play on words: often German antkeepers call their ants “Meisen” (titmice) instead of “Ameisen”. – I’m surprised how fast the Pingback has worked!
But now I would like to know, Myrmecos, whether the “ant for M o v e m b e r” is just a typo, or another play on words? 😉
A. Buschinger