Pheidole meinerti Forel, 1905

Guerrero, Roberto J., García, Emira & Fernández, Fernando, 2022, The Pheidole Westwood, 1839 ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Colombia: new records including two species with remarkable morphology, Zootaxa 5154 (3), pp. 319-332 : 324-325

Pheidole meinerti Forel, 1905

Minor worker measurements (n=1): HW 0.39, HL 0.55, SL 0.67, EL 0.12, WL 0.61, PSL 0.06, PTW 0.10, PPW 0.14, CI 71, SI 170, PSLI 11, PPI 140.

Soldier measurements (n=1): HW 0.84, HL 0.80, SL 0.55, EL 0.12, WL 0.71, PSL 0.06, PTW 0.10, PPW 0.18, CI 105, SI 65, PSLI 7, PPI 180.

Material examined. Colombia: 1 minor worker, 1 soldier, Guaviare, Calamar, Chiribiquete, Cerro Campana , 1.2805, -72.6314, alt. 253m, 3–6. Mar. 2018. Coll. D. Luna & A. Pinzón, winkler [ICN] .

Comments. This is a new record for Colombia, but the species was previously known from Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil ( Wilson 2003). The soldier matches the original in Wilson (2003). The Colombian specimen has short, decumbent, clavate hairs like the holotype (CASENT0908289), but with fewer hairs on the first gastral tergite.