Pheidole sculptior, Forel, A., 1893

Forel, A., 1893, Formicides de l'Antille St. Vincent. Récoltées par Mons. H. H. Smith., Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1893, pp. 333-418 : 414-415

r. Pheidole sculptior , n. st.

[[ worker ]] [[ soldier ]] [[ queen ]]. (No. 35 a a 35 h).

[[ soldier ]]. Differe de la P. flavens v. vincentensis par sa tete entierement sculptee, jusqu'au bord posterieur; les angles occipitaux sont densement reticules-ponctues et mats. Le thorax est aussi plus mat et reticule-ponctue entre les rides. L'occiput n'est lisse et luisant qu'autour du bord articulaire. La couleur est aussi d'un jaune roussatre plus clair. Du reste identique a la variete prece- dente. Cette race ressemble beaucoup a la P. lignicola, Mayr, mais les scapes sont beaucoup plus courts et n'atteignent que la moitie de la distance de l'articulation de l'antennae a l'angle occipital (les 2 / 3 chez la lignicola ); les pattes sont aussi plus courtes et les scapes moins renfles.

[[ worker ]]. Identique a celle de la variete precedente.

[[ queen ]]. Tete striee-ridee et mate jusqu'a l'articulation occipitale (lisse et luisante autour de l'articulation occipitale, entre elle et le bord posterieur, chez la P. flavens v. vincentensis ),

(35). Not common. Small communities found in forest or open land, under sticks or stones, loamy soil; occasionally in rotten wood. The workers major and females are very sluggish; workers minor less so, but not active. The workers major are not numerous. The formicarium appears to consist of a single small chamber, with passage for exit.

(35 a). Near Fort Charlotte, Kingstown; in scrubby growth, 500 ft. above sea. Oct. 24 th. Under a stone. Colony of perhaps 200.

(35 b). Bowwood Valley, near Kingstown, 800 ft. Oct. 20 th. Open hill-side, under a stone. A single female.

(35 c). Southern end of the island; Villa Estate. Oct. 14 th. Nest under rotten wood, near the seashore.

(35 d). Wallibou (leeward), seashore thickets. Oct. 10 th. Small colony under a stone.

(35 e). Forest above Chateaubelais, 1000 ft. Oct. 11 th. Small nest under a stick. (Workers only referred to this species).

(35 f). Petit Bordelle Valley, 1200 ft. Nov. 13 th. Shady banks of stream; under sod on a rock. Small colony.

(35 g). Petit Bordelle Valley, 1600 ft. Nov. 13 th. Clearing in rotten wood.

(35 h). Windward side; sandy, open valley of the Dry River, near the sea. Jan. 2 nd. A single female, found under a stone.