Pheidole longiscapa Forel

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA, USA: Harvard University Press : 205

Pheidole longiscapa Forel

Pheidole longiscapa Forel 190lj: 358. Syn.: Pheidole longiscapa r. martensis Forel 1914c: 615, n.syn.; Pheidole longiscapa r. martensis var. scabroccipitut Forel 1914c: 615, unavailable name (quadrinomial).

Types Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneve.

Etymology L longiscapa , long-stemmed, referring to the antennal scapes.

Diagnosis a member of the diligens group close to rochai and less so to cocciphaga and other species listed above and under the Diagnosis of rochai , distinguished as follows.

Major: reddish yellow; scape exceeds occipital corner by 2.5X the maximum scape width; mesonotal convexity in side view prominently and symmetrically convex; occipital cleft shallow; petiolar and postpetiolar dorsa foveolate and opaque. Minor: propodeal spine thin, needle-like; occiput narrow, with nuchal collar. Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 0.98, HL 1.00, SL 0.92, EL 0.18, PW 0.52. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.48, HL 0.62, SL 0.82, EL 0.14, PW 0.34. color Major: concolorous reddish yellow.

Minor: body light yellowish brown, appendages medium to dark yellow.

Range Known from the type locality and from Santarem, Taperinha, Para (R. L. Jeanne).

Biology The type colony was found by Forel nesting in soil beneath a bush.

figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. VENEZUELA: Puerto Cabello, Carabobo (Auguste Forel). Scale bars = 1 mm.