Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Author Wilson, E. O. text 2003 Harvard University Press Cambridge, MA http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu/HymOnline/reference-full.html?id=20017 book 20017 Pheidole ceibana new species Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard. Etymology Pertaining to Ceiba, near the type locality. diagnosis Similar to dentigula , harrisonfordi , lemnisca , metallescens , peltastes , perkinsi , renae , ruida , tayrona , and xyston , differing as follows. Major: very small; brown with pale yellow appendages; promesonotum smoothly semicircular in profile; heavily rugoreticulate occiput; and unstriped gaster. Minor: head smooth, almost entirely sculpture-free. measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.64, HL 0.70, SL 0.38, EL 0.10, PW 0.34. Paratype minor: HW 0.36, HL 0.40, SL 0.38, EL 0.08, PW 0.22. color Major and minor: body medium brown, appendages pale yellow. Range Known only from the type locality. Biology Collected from a piece of rotting wood on a steep, forested slope. Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. HONDURAS: 13 km south of La Ceiba, Atlantida Department, 130 m (W. L. Brown). Scale bars = 1 mm.