Pheidole cubaensis
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Pheidole cubaensis View in CoL HNS Mayr
Pheidole cubaensis HNS Mayr 1862: 747. (Type locality: Cuba.) Syn.: Pheidole cubaensis var. grayi HNS Mann 1920b: 426, n. syn. (junior homonym of P. grayi HNS Forel 1902c: 167, nec cubaensis HNS )
Types Naturhist. Mus. Wien.
Etymology Named after the country of origin.
Diagnosis A large, dark reddish brown member of the scrobifera HNS group.
Major: deep antennal scrobes present; rear third of the dorsal head surface rugoreticulate; propodeal spines moderately long and slender; postpetiole cornulate; a small subpostpetiolar process present; pilosity short, dense, and erect.
Minor: postpetiolar node diamond-shaped; propodeal spines long, slender, and straight; venter of head transversely carinulate; dorsa of head and mesosoma almost entirely foveolate and opaque.
A unique species, placed in the scrobifera HNS group tentatively because of the habitus of the major, but the minor shows overall resemblance to the tristis-group species alayoi HNS , macromischoides, and naylae of Cuba and androsana HNS of the Bahamas.
measurements (mm) Major (" var. grayi HNS " syntype): HW 1.92, HL 2.16, SL 0.86, EL 0.20, PW 0.82.
Minor (" var. grayi HNS " syntype): HW 0.66, HL 0.72, SL 0.82, EL 0.14, PW 0.44.
Color Major and minor: body dark reddish brown, appendages dark yellow to yellowish brown.
Range Cuba.
Biology Evidently a rare species: few collections have been made despite its conspicuously large size. I found a colony in Blanco's Woods, Las Villas Province, Cuba, with winged reproductives on 25 June 1953.
figure Upper: major, syntype of var. grayi HNS . Lower: minor, syntype of var. grayi HNS . CUBA: Limones. Scale bars = 1 mm.
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