Pheidole napoensis ^HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology Named after the Ecuadoran province of origin.

Diagnosis A striking, large member of the tristis ^HNS complex, similar to bellatrix ^HNS of Colombia and more distantly so to pepo ^HNS, rotundiceps ^HNS, sphaerica ^HNS, and subsphaerica ^HNS, variously from Colombia and Ecuador, and distinguished as follows.

Major: promesonotum in side view forms a very large hump towering over the propodeum; antennal scrobes present; humeri very broad and rugoreticulate; postpetiolar node conulate; a patch of rugoreticulum present behind and below the eye.

Minor: unknown.

Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.70, HL 1.70, SL 0.72, EL 0.20, PW 0.92. Color Major: body and mandibles very dark reddish brown, other appendages brownish yellow.

Range Known only from the type locality.

Biology Unknown.

Figure Unique holotype, major. ECUADOR: 20 kilometers south of Tena, Napo, 600 m (Stewart and Jarmila Kukalova-Peck). Scale bar = 1 mm.