Pheidole anima

The type colony was found in a piece of rotten wood in a forested ravine. (Wilson 2003)

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Only known from the type locality.

This taxon was described from Honduras.

Description
A brown member of the diligens group distinguished by the following combination of traits.

Major: posterior half of cephalic dorsum smooth; rugoreticular patches present mesad of eyes; outer (lateral) fourths of frontal lobes longitudinally carinulate; anterior strip of pronotum, all of mesopleuron, and part of sides of propodeum carinulate; promesonotum profile bilobate; mesosoma bare of pilosity.

Minor: mesopleuron and anterior half of side of propodeum rugulose; a few carinulae on dorsal surface of head, including margins of frontal lobes; rest of body smooth and shiny; occiput semicircular, with no nuchal collar.

Similar in various traits to Pheidole diligens, Pheidole gagates, Pheidole nubila, Pheidole piceonigra, Pheidole radoszkowskii, Pheidole stigma and Pheidole triconstricta.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.00, HL 1.00, SL 0.82, EL 0.20, PW 0.52. Paratype minor: HW 0.52, HL 0.64, SL 0.74, EL 0.14, PW 0.38.

COLOR Major and minor: body medium to dark brown, appendages light brown.



'''Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.'''

Type Locality Information
HONDURAS: Minas Las Animas, above Valle de Angeles, Francisco Morazán, 1580 m, col. William L. Brown.

Etymology
Named after the type locality.

Additional References
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