Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Wilson, E. O. urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:181705 Insecta Formicidae Pheidole Animalia Pheidole veletis Wilson Hymenoptera 246 Arthropoda species veletis new species  Etymology L veletis, skirmisher.  diagnosis Similar to laevinotaand rufipilisand somewhat less to laevifronsand variegata, differing in the following combination of traits.  Major: yellow; antennal scape just reaching occipital border; humerus smoothly rounded in dorsal-oblique view; postpetiole subtrapezoidal from above; carinulae originating on frontal lobes extend halfway between level of eye and occiput; anterior fringe of pronotum and dorsal surface of propodeum transversely carinulate. Minor: yellow; anterior fringe of pronotum transversely carinulate; propodeal spine reduced to denticle. Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.96, HL 0.94, SL 0.72, EL 0.14, PW 0.50. Paratype minor: HW 0.52, HL 0.58, SL 0.66, EL 0.12, PW 0.38. color Major and minor: concolorous medium yellow.  Range Known from the type locality (Las Palmas, Bolivia), from Barro Colorado Island, Panama, and from Santarem, Para, Brazil.  biology A colony found by Alfred Emerson on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, was nesting in a rotten log on the forest floor.  Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. BOLIVIA: vicinity of Las Palmas, Santa Cruz (James C. Trager). Scale bars = 1 mm.