Pheidole cornicula, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 675

Pheidole cornicula new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology L cornicula , little horn (on the mid-clypeus).

Diagnosis Similar to other members of the " carapuna complex" listed above, and especially with celaena , with which it may be synonymous.

Major: a small but conspicuous protrusion on the mid-clypeus; postpetiole from above conulate; propodeum, mesopleuron, and margins of mesonotum and pronotum foveolate; entire rear third of head smooth and shiny.

Minor: occiput narrowed, with thin nuchal collar; propodeal spines reduced to denticles in side view and to obtuse angles in dorsaloblique view; all of mesosoma and sides of waist foveolate and opaque. Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.70, HL 1.88, SL 0.80, EL 0.22, PW 0.70. Paratype minor: HW 0.54, HL 0.62, SL 0.66, EL 0.10, PW 0.34.

color Major: head and mandibles reddish brown, rest of body medium yellowish brown, other appendages light yellowish brown. Minor: body yellowish brown, appendages dark yellow.

Range Known only from the type locality.

Biology Unknown.

Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. BOLIVIA: Club Las Palmas, Santa Cruz (James C. Trager). Scale bars = 1 mm.