Pheidole naylae ^HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard and collection of the Cuban myrmecologist J. Fontenla.

Etymology In honor of Nay la Fontenla.

Diagnosis Major: unknown.

Minor: a medium-sized yellowish brown member of the tristis ^HNS group, whose minor has very long, straight needle-like propodeal spines, prominent teeth on the humerus, low petiole that is bell-shaped from above, and parallel transverse carinulae and rugulae covering the sides of the head, the occiput, and most of the pronotal dorsum.

Similar to the minor workers of alayoi ^HNS, cubaensis ^HNS, and macromischoides ^HNS of Cuba and androsana ^HNS of the Bahamas, differing in many traits of body form, sculpturing, and pilosity, as illustrated, and color.

Measurements (mm) Holotype minor: HW 0.64, HL 0.76, SL 0.84, EL 0.14, PW 0.44

Color Body yellowish brown, appendages dark yellow.

Range Known only from the type locality.

Biology Pit trap, wet forest (A. Perez).

Figure Holotype, minor. (Major unknown.) CUBA: "El Poal," Jaguani, Guantanamo (A. Perez). Scale bar = 1 mm.