Pheidole seeldrayersi Forel

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA, USA: Harvard University Press : 229

Pheidole seeldrayersi Forel

Pheidole seeldrayersi Forel 1910a: 30.

Types Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneve.

Etymology Eponymous.

Diagnosis A medium-sized, yellowish brown member of the diligens group with long, erect pilosity, close to coffeicola and variegata , differing, as figured, in the major class by its shorter scapes, denser pilosity, triangular and pointed mesonotal convexity in side view, and more extensive cephalic rugoreticulum, which rugoreticulum stretches from the eyes to the circular carinulae surrounding the antennal fossae. See also the less similar laevifrons , laevinota , pubiventris , and rufipilis .

Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.28, HL 1.28, SL 0.88, EL 0.20, PW 0.64.

Paralectotype minor: HW 0.64, HL 0.74, SL 0.96, EL 0.18, PW 0.44.

color Major: body and appendages yellowish brown, with the gaster a darker shade.

Minor: concolorous yellowish brown.

Range Colombia, and one series from near Flor de Oro, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 450 m (P. S. Ward). Kempf (1972b) reports the species from Catamarca, Argentina, a surprising record that needs to be confirmed.

Biology Unknown.

Figure Upper: lectotype, major, including views from rear of both mesonotal convexity and petiolar node. Lower: paralectotype, minor. COLOMBIA: no further locality. Scale bars = 1 mm.