Pheidole spinicornis Eguchi, 2001

Katsuyuki Eguchi, Bui Tuan Viet, Emiko Oguri & Seiki Yamane, 2016, The first discovery of the “ Pheidole quadricuspis group ” in the Indo-Chinese Peninsula (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 123 (1), pp. 45-55 : 53

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.46289
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5684638
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scientific name	Pheidole spinicornis Eguchi, 2001
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Pheidole spinicornis Eguchi, 2001: 116 -117.

Type material examined: BMNH, MBD, MCZC, MSNG, NHMW, UMS; Malaysia, Sabah, Sepilok Forest; K. Eguchi leg. [Eg98-BOR-880 (Accession No. LC 020539 View Materials : voucher specimen No. Ext20131029-1), type images: CASENT0901620 and CASENT0901621 of AntWeb (http://www.antweb.org/)].

Nontype material examined: ACEG; Malaysia, Sabah, Poring, 500 m alt., Kinabalu Park, H. Hirosawa leg., 20/ vii/1997, Poring, 600 m alt., T. Kikuta leg. [6x2906 -5- Bd], Sayap Kinabalu, ca. 1000 m alt., K. Eguchi leg., 15/vii/1996.

Distinction from P. leloi: In the major, promesonotal dome with a pair of spines which slightly or weakly curve backward, with a distinct transverse ridge on its posterior slope; first gastral tergite finely punctate over the surface. In the minor, propodeal spine horn-like, weakly downcurved; petiolar node in lateral view blunt at apex, and in posterior view not emarginate at apex.