Pheidole charazana

This species is only known from the type series. It was collected from beneath a rock in a montane cultivated field. (Wilson 2003)

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Only known from the type locality.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia.

Nomenclature

 *  charazana. Pheidole charazana Wilson, 2003: 398, figs. (s.w.) COLOMBIA.

Description
A small, yellow member of the flavens group distinguished in the major by prominently projecting frontal lobes seen in side view, shallow antennal scrobes, somewhat elongate head, conulate postpetiolar nodes, and rugoreticulae at the ends of the scrobes and on the humeri.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.68, HL 0.86, SL 0.38, EL 0.08, PW 0.40. Paratype minor: HW 0.42, HL 0.46, SL 0.40, EL 0.08, PW 0.28.

COLOR Major: body and mandibles dark yellow, legs medium yellow.

Minor: body dark yellow, mandibles and other appendages medium yellow.



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

Type Material
COLOMBIA: Chipaque, Charaza Mun., Cundinamarca, col. W. L. Brown and I. De Polania.

Etymology
Named after the place of origin.