Pheidole acantha 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 : 49-51

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.46289
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5684614
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scientific name	Pheidole acantha Eguchi, 2001
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Pheidole acantha Eguchi, 2001: 25 -27.

Type material examined: BMNH, MCZC, MSNG, NHMW, UMS; Malaysia, Sabah, Taman Kinabalu ( KPHQ); K. Eguchi leg. [colony No.: Eg97-BOR-404, type images: CASENT0901618 and CASENT0901619 of AntWeb (http://www.antweb.org/)].

Nontype material examined: ACEG; Malaysia, Sabah, Taman Kinabalu ( KPHQ); K. Eguchi leg. [Eg97- BOR-377 (Accession No. LC 020538 View Materials : voucher specimen No. Ext20131019-10), -386], Mt. Kinabalu, ca. 1500 m alt., T. Kikuta leg. [7IV 0714-1-B1; 15Q12S3, 15Q22B5; 118AC, 177A, 179A, 185A], Mt. Kinabalu, ca. 1800 m alt., T. Kikuta leg. [593A, 604A, 607A, 617A, 626A, 664A, 668A, 873A].

Distinction from P. leloi: In the major, promesonotal dome with a conspicuous transverse ridge on its posterior slope; ventral face of petiole without a longitudinal carina. In the minor, dorsum of mesosoma in profile bearing less than 10 standing hairs.