Pheidole laevifrons Mayr
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Pheidole laevifrons Mayr View in CoL HNS
Pheidole laevifrons Mayr HNS 1887: 598.
types Naturhist. Mus. Wien.
etymology L laevifrons HNS , smooth or polished front, presumably alluding to the mostly smooth, shiny dorsum of the head of both castes.
Diagnosis A small, yellow member of the diligens HNS group, distinguished as follows.
Major: cephalic sculpturing limited to the anterior third of the head, level with and anterior to the eyes; moderately abundant pilosity; relatively short propodeal spines. Close to peregrina , but major with much shallower occipital cleft in frontal view, thinner petiolar peduncle and node in side view, and more mesad placement of cephalic rugoreticulum.
Minor: thicker propodeal spines and longer scapes. Also similar to triconstricta HNS but with much denser pilosity, shallower occipital cleft, and bilobous as opposed to trilobous promesonotal profile in dorsal-oblique view.
See also the less similar coffeicola HNS , pubiventris HNS , seeldrayersi HNS , and variegata HNS .
measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.08, HL 1.06, SL 0.86, EL 0.20, PW 0.54.
Paralectotype minor: HW 0.60, HL 0.70, SL 0.82, EL 0.14, PW 0.36.
Color Major and minor: concolorous yellow.
range Known only from the type series.
Biology Unknown.
Figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. BRAZIL: Santa Catarina. Scale bars = 1 mm.
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