Forel, 1899 : 68 Wilson, 2003 : 240 Wilson, 2003 : 213 P. texticeps Longino, 2009 : 85 Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Middle American Wet Forest Longino, John T. Zootaxa 2019 2019-05-06 4599 1 1 126  Wilson, 2003 : 240  Wilson, 2003 : 213 4FYJ7 Forel 1899 [151,380,799,825] Insecta Formicidae Pheidole Animalia Hymenoptera 53 54 Arthropoda species plebecula     Pheidole plebecula  Forel, 1899: 68. Holotypemajor worker: Costa Rica, Alajuela(Alfaro) [MSNG, unique specimen identifier CASENT0904359] (AntWeb image examined).    Pheidole texticeps  Wilson, 2003: 240, figs. Holotypemajor worker and associated paratypeminor worker: Costa Rica, Heredia, La Selva Biological Station, 1988 ( S. Cover) [MCZC] (examined). New Synonym.    Pheidole perdiligens  Wilson, 2003: 213, figs. Holotypemajor worker and associated paratypeminor worker: Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Sirena, 28 Feb 1979, secondary rainforest, <1/ 2mifrom coast, rotten branch on forest floor (S. P. Cover CR312) [MCZC] (examined). New synonym. Synonymized under  P. texticepsby  Longino, 2009: 85.   Comments. Wilson (2003)was unable to locate the typeof  P. plebeculaand left it incertae sedis. The typeswere located and imaged for AntWeb by the Fisher lab. The images easily match Wilson's concept of  P. texticeps. Local populations of  P. plebeculavary greatly in color and sculpture. Color varies from yellow orange to dark brown, and to varying extent bicolored, with lighter head and mesosoma and darker gaster. The face of the major varies from being entirely foveolate/rugulose to completely smooth and shining. Pilosity can vary as well, with most populations having multiple pairs of stiff setae on the mesosomal dorsum, but some with no dorsal setae. One of the variants, from Volcán Atitlán, Guatemala, was initially separated as the morphospecies JTL199. In Economo et al.(2019)the two species  P. texticepsand P. JTL199 appear together, with little genetic divergence. These can now both be identified as  P. plebecula.