Pheidole stomachosa Wheeler, 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 511

Pheidole stomachosa Wheeler , new status

Pheidole floridana subsp. stomachosa Wheeler 1917g: 459.

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology L stomachosa , angry, irritable.

Diagnosis Nearly identical to bilimeki and floridana (q.v.). Differs from both in the mostly smooth and feebly shiny pronotum of the minor, and possibly the weakly bilobous outline of the pronotum in dorsal-oblique view; and from bilimeki in addition by the complete or near absence of shagreening from the first gastral tergite. There also may be small differences in the major in pilosity (as illustrated) and Color (described below).

Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 0.90, HL 0.96, SL 0.52, EL 0.12, PW 0.44. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.44, HL 0.48, SL 0.46, EL 0.10, PW 0.26.

Color Major: body dark yellow, with slight reddish overtones (hence faintly "orange"), appendages clear yellow. Minor: concolorous yellow.

Range Known only from Jamaica, hence a weakly defined endemic of the island. It coexists there with the closely related bilimeki .

Biology Unknown.

Figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. JAMAICA: Newton, 900 m (Charles T. Brues). Scale bars = 1 mm.