Pheidole flavida
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Pheidole flavida View in CoL HNS Mayr
Pheidole flavida HNS Mayr 1887: 593.
Types Naturhist. Mus. Wien.
Etymology l flavida HNS , yellowish.
Diagnosis A very distinctive member of the flavens HNS group, distinguished as follows.
Major: yellow; seen in side view, head tapered such that occiput in this view is much narrower than anterior margin of head; in full-face view the occiput is expanded to be much larger than the anterior head margin; promesonotum low and flat, in side view dropping abruptly through a short, steep face to the metanotum, which is wide and weakly convex; antennal scapes relatively long, their tips reaching the margin of the head in full-face view well behind the midpoint between the eyes and occipital lobes; humerus in dorsal-oblique view low and subangulate; rugoreticulum present between eye and antennal fossa on both sides. Minor: promesonotum low and weakly convex; humerus obtusely subangulate; head with mandibles in full-face view symmetrically oval; occiput narrowed, with a thin nuchal collar.
Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 0.80, HL 0.76, SL 0.54, EL 0.12, PW 0.42. Minor: HW 0.52, HL 0.58, SL 0.58, EL 0.12, PW 0.34. color Major and minor: concolorous medium yellow.
range Known only from the type series.
Biology Unknown.
Figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: minor, presumably from lectotype nest series. BRAZIL: Santa Catarina. Scale bars = 1 mm.
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