Pheidole exigua, 1884

Radoszkowsky, O., 1884, Fourmis de Cayenne Française., Trudy Russkago Entomologicheskago Obshchestva 18, pp. 30-39 : 36-37

P. exigua Mayr n. sp.

Miles: Long. 2,2 -3,3mm. Nitidus, rufo - testaceus capite thoraceque ferrugineo - rufis, abdomine dimidio postico fusco; copiose abstante pilosus tibiis pilis brevioribus, oblique abstan-tibus; mandibulae laeves punctis dispersis, ad basin extus stiio-latae, margine masticatorio acuta, antice plus minusve distincte bidentato; clypeus deplanatus, laevis, lateraliter rugulis 1 - 2, in medio cum aut absque carina longitudinali; caput supra a margine antico usque ad capitis angulos posticos for-titer striatum, postice laeve; sulcus frontalis nullus, sulcus ver-ticis longitudinalis distinctus; pronotum rugis transversis inter-stitiis sublaevibus, lateraliter subtuberculatum; mesonotum breve, reticulato-punctatum absque sulco transverso; metanotum parte basali transverse rugulosa et transverse concava, postice spinulis duabus minutis erectis et subparallelis; petioli nodus posticus transverse ovatus, supra sublaevis;- abdomen laeve.

A speciebus americanis corpore minuta, colore, capite fere usque ad angulos posticos fortiter striata, sulco frontali haud impresso atque sculptura thoracis et abdomine laevi distinguendus.