Pheidole binasifer, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 664

Pheidole binasifer new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology L binasifer , bearing two noses, referring to the projecting clypeal carina and nearest frontal lobe in side view.

Diagnosis A medium-sized member of the tristis group immediately recognizable as follows.

Major: in side view the median clypeal carina and nearest frontal lobe protrude as lobes from the anterior profde of the head like a pair of noses; propodeal spines small, slender, and perfectly vertical to the basal propodeal face; postpetiolar node oval; space between eye and antennal fossa rugoreticulate; pronotal dorsum transversely carinulate.

Minor: propodeal spines small and slender, and perfectly vertical to the basal propodeal face; head and mesosoma completely foveolate and opaque; occiput narrowed slightly, but lacks a nuchal collar; postpetiolar node depressed, and postpetiole overall cylindrical in shape.

Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.08, HL 1.32, SL 0.62, EL 0.14, PW 0.64. Paratype minor: HW 0.54, HL 0.62, SL 0.58, EL 0.08, PW 0.36. Color Major: body light brown, appendages brownish yellow. Minor: medium brown, appendages brownish yellow.

Range Known only from the type locality.

Biology The type colony was found on a forested midmountain slope.

Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype minor. COLOMBIA: Finca Los Guaduales, 10 km southwest of San Jose del Palmar, Rio Torito, 760 m (Charles Kugler). Scale bars = i mm.