Pheidole epetrion, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 625

publication ID	20017
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6274386
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6B43C150-72FC-3A30-C545-322759EF50A0
treatment provided by	Donat
scientific name	Pheidole epetrion
status	new species

Treatment

Pheidole epetrion HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology Gr epetrion HNS , needle, referring to the needle-like propodeal spine.

diagnosis A member of the scrobifera HNS group known only from the minor, close to arctos HNS of northeastern Mexico and thrasys HNS of Panama, differing in the longer propodeal spines, carinulate genae, absence of a nuchal collar, and mostly foveolate, opaque dorsal half of the head capsule.

measurements (mm) Holotype minor: HW 0.66, HL 0.68, SL 0.70, EL 0.14, PW 0.42. color Minor: body blackish brown, tarsi yellow, rest of appendages medium brown.

Range Known only from the type locality.

Biology Collected on the floor of second-growth forest.

figure Holotype, minor. ECUADOR: Endesa Forest Reserve, Pichincha (Leeanne Tennant-Alonso). Scale bar = 1 mm.