Pheidole microps, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 720

publication ID	20017
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275498
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A26EBE32-03E2-BAF1-6404-8862FB33B1B3
treatment provided by	Donat
scientific name	Pheidole microps
status	new species

Treatment

Pheidole microps HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology Gr microps HNS , small eyes.

Diagnosis Somewhat similar to fimbriata HNS . Known only from the minor, which is readily distinguished from all other Pheidole HNS species by its tiny eyes, yellow color, angulate anterior dorsal margin of the propodeum in side view, elongate petiolar peduncle, very loosely rugoreticulate dorsum of the head, and rugoreticulate anterior and lateral edges of the pronotum. Measurements (mm) Holotype minor: HW 0.48, HL 0.52, SL 0.44, EL 0.02, PW 0.32. Color Yellow.

range Known only from the type locality.

Biology Collected from leaf litter on sandy soil, lowland rainforest.

Figure Unique holotype, minor. PERU: near Lake Sandoval, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, 260 m (Charles Kugler and R. R. Lambert). Scale bar = 1 mm.