Pheidole gibbata

Ward’s Colombian series was sifted from litter and rotting wood in dry tropical forest (Wilson 2003)

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
From Wilson (2003): Known from the type locality (Paramaribo, Suriname) and Cañaveral, Magdalena, Colombia, 200 m, col. Philip S. Ward.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia, Suriname.

Nomenclature

 *  gibbata. Pheidole transversostriata subsp. gibbata Borgmeier, 1934: 101 (s.w.) SURINAM. Raised to species: Wilson, 2003: 636.

Description
From Wilson (2003): DIAGNOSIS A very small, yellowish brown member of the tachigaliae group, closest to Pheidole mendicula (q.v.) and differing from that species as follows.

Major: occiput transversely carinulate; rugoreticula present between eye and antennal fossa and on pronotal dorsum; transverse midpronotal carina less prominent and not protruding from dorsal pronotal profile in side view.

Minor: head and pronotum smooth and shiny.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Lectotype major: HW 0.56, HL 0.60, SL 0.30, EL 0.08, PW 0.36. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.32, HL 0.38, SL 0.26, EL 0.06, PW 0.24.

COLOR Major: body medium yellowish brown except for gaster, which is light brown.

Minor: concolorous medium yellowish brown.



'''Figure. Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.'''

Type Material
SURINAME: Paramaribo. - as reported in Wilson (2003)

Etymology
L gibbata, hump-backed, crooked. (Wilson 2003)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * LaPolla, J.S. and S.P. Cover. 2005. New species of Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Guyana, with a list of species known from the country. Tranactions of the American Entomological Society 131(3-4):365-374
 * Lapolla, J. S., and S. P. Cover. "New species of Pheidole (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) from Guyana, with a list of species known from the country." Transactions of the American Entomological Society 131, no. 3-4 (2005): 365-374.
 * Lapolla, J.S., T. Suman, J. Soso-Calvo and T.R. Schultz. 2006. Leaf litter ant diversity in Guyana. Biodiversity and Conservation 16:491510