Pheidole bakeri

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 660

Pheidole bakeri Forel

Pheidole bakeri Forel 1912c: 82.

Types Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneve; Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology Eponymous.

Diagnosis Most similar to androsana of the Bahamas, from which it differs principally by the smooth and shiny posterior half of the major's head capsule and carinulate mesopleuron, as well as by its longer propodeal spines. Measurements (mm) Syntype major: HW 1.60, HL 1.90, SL (not measured), EL 0.22, PW 0.80. Syntype minor: HW 0.60, HL 0.64, SL 0.62, EL 0.12, PW 0.40.

Color Major: concolorous medium yellow with a slight reddish tinge, hence light "orange." Minor: concolorous medium yellow.

Range Known only from Cuba (Havana and San Bias, Pinar del Rio).

Biology Unknown.

Figure Upper: syntype, major (damaged specimen; outline of antenna drawn from specimen collected at San Bias, Pinar del Rio). Lower: syntype, minor. CUBA: Havana. Scale bars = 1 mm.