Pheidole microps ^HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology Gr microps ^HNS, small eyes.

Diagnosis Somewhat similar to fimbriata ^HNS. Known only from the minor, which is readily distinguished from all other Pheidole ^HNS species by its tiny eyes, yellow color, angulate anterior dorsal margin of the propodeum in side view, elongate petiolar peduncle, very loosely rugoreticulate dorsum of the head, and rugoreticulate anterior and lateral edges of the pronotum. Measurements (mm) Holotype minor: HW 0.48, HL 0.52, SL 0.44, EL 0.02, PW 0.32. Color Yellow.

range Known only from the type locality.

Biology Collected from leaf litter on sandy soil, lowland rainforest.

Figure Unique holotype, minor. PERU: near Lake Sandoval, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, 260 m (Charles Kugler and R. R. Lambert). Scale bar = 1 mm.