Pheidole napoensis, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 725

publication ID	20017
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275510
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/75056C1C-40A3-74CF-3953-61F34B24B149
treatment provided by	Donat
scientific name	Pheidole napoensis
status	new species

Treatment

Pheidole napoensis HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology Named after the Ecuadoran province of origin.

Diagnosis A striking, large member of the tristis HNS complex, similar to bellatrix HNS of Colombia and more distantly so to pepo HNS , rotundiceps HNS , sphaerica HNS , and subsphaerica HNS , variously from Colombia and Ecuador, and distinguished as follows.

Major: promesonotum in side view forms a very large hump towering over the propodeum; antennal scrobes present; humeri very broad and rugoreticulate; postpetiolar node conulate; a patch of rugoreticulum present behind and below the eye.

Minor: unknown.

Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.70, HL 1.70, SL 0.72, EL 0.20, PW 0.92. Color Major: body and mandibles very dark reddish brown, other appendages brownish yellow.

Range Known only from the type locality.

Biology Unknown.

Figure Unique holotype, major. ECUADOR: 20 kilometers south of Tena, Napo, 600 m (Stewart and Jarmila Kukalova-Peck). Scale bar = 1 mm.