Pheidole laticeps Mayr, 1904

Bernhard Seifert, 2016, Inconvenient hyperdiversity - the traditional concept of “ PheIdole pallIdula ” includes four cryptic species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Soil Organisms 88 (1), pp. 1-18 : 14

Pheidole laticeps Mayr, 1904

It was described from Cairo, Egypt. RAV-corrected scape, femur, mesosoma and eye length data of the type are above the upper extremes known for the four species of the P. pallidula complex (SL/CS1.25 0.635, Fe3L/CS1.25 0.820, ML/CS1.25 0.935, EL/CS1.25 0.200 – compare with Tab. 2 ). The presence of a transverse roof-like structure on posterior mesonotum and a much wider metanotal groove provide other diagnostic differences. The type is depicted in antweb.org under the specimen code CASENT0906620.