Pheidole rotundiceps

Nothing is known about the biology of rotundiceps.

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Only known from the type locality.

This taxon was described from Ecuador.

Description
A very large, yellow member of the tristis group, similar to Pheidole pepo, Pheidole sphaerica and Pheidole subsphaerica, easily distinguished by the following traits.

Major: head capsule nearly circular in outline; the entire outline of the head in full-face view almost completely devoid of pilosity; entire head posterior to the level of the eye sparsely covered by rows of elongate foveae; postpetiolar node seen from above bluntly cone-shaped.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 2.34, HL 2.24, SL 1.10, EL 0.30, PW 0.98.

COLOR Major: concolorous light reddish yellow (light “orange”).



'''Figure. Holotype, major. Scale bars = 1 mm.'''

Type Locality Information
ECUADOR: Tinalandia, 16 km southeast of Domingo de los Colorados (Stewart B. and Jarmila Kukalová-Peck).

Etymology
L rotundiceps, round head.