Pheidole sarpedon ^HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology Gr Sarpedon ^HNS, mythical commander of Priam's Lycian allies.

diagnosis Similar in various ways to balzani ^HNS, brunnescens ^HNS, exarata ^HNS, excubitor ^HNS, fabricator ^HNS, germaini ^HNS, hispaniolae ^HNS, nigella ^HNS, prattorum ^HNS, sabina ^HNS, tristis ^HNS, tristops ^HNS, and unicornis ^HNS, differing as follows.

Major: reddish yellow; occipital cleft deep and rounded; postpetiolar venter with prominent forward-directed lobe; humerus in dorsaloblique view elevated prominently as a lobe; propodeal spines vertical to propodeal basal face; carinulae cover anterior half of dorsal head surface, and those mesad to eye bend inward; postpetiolar node from above conulate. Minor: unknown.

Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.46, HL 1.60, SL 0.80, EL 0.14, PW 0.68.

Color Major: body medium to dark reddish yellow, mandibles and antennal scapes reddish brown, legs light reddish yellow.

Range Known only from the type locality.

biology Unknown.

Figure Holotype, major. ECUADOR: Limoncocha, Napo, 250 m (Stewart B. and Jarmila Kukalova-Peck). (Minor unknown.) Scale bar = 1 mm.