Pheidole tayrona, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 518

Pheidole tayrona new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

etymology Named after the Tayrona Park, in the region of origin.

Diagnosis A small, medium-brown member of the flavens group with yellow appendages, marked in the major by distinct antennal scrobes with rugoreticulum confined to a small region just posterior to the scrobes.

Similar to charazana of Colombia but the major differs in its lack of rugoreticulum on the humerus, shorter head, and more prominent mesonotal convexity.

See also bruchella , kuna , micon , and tillandsiarum .

Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.74, HL 0.80, SL 0.44, EL 0.12, PW 0.38. color Major and minor: body medium brown, appendages yellow.

range Known only from the type locality.

biology Unknown.

Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. COLOMBIA: Pueblito to south boundary of Tayrona Park, Magdalena (C. Kugler). Scale bars = 1 mm.