Pheidole goeldii chloe

Longino (1997). ) reports striaticeps which as noted, may include both true striaticeps and chloe, from mature rainforest, nesting beneath the bark of rotten stumps and logs. (Wilson 2003)

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Costa Rica and Mexico. Longino (1997) does not distinguish this species from striaticeps, although the two appear to be different. He reports triaticeps, which may include both species, from the Atlantic slope to 500 m and Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica. (Wilson 2003)

This taxon was described from Costa Rica.

Nomenclature

 *  chloe. Pheidole goeldii subsp. chloe Forel, 1908b: 56 (s.w.) COSTA RICA. Raised to species: Wilson, 2003: 399.

Description
From Wilson (2003): A member of the flavens group close to Pheidole striaticeps of Mexico and Central America (and a possible synonym of it), much less so to the other species listed in the heading, and distinguished as follows.

Major: antennal scrobes present; entire dorsal surface of head, except for frontal triangle, covered by longitudinal carinulae, which do not curve inwardly toward midline at occiput; humerus subangulate in dorsal-oblique view; mesonotal convexity absent in both side and dorsal-oblique views; head wider than long (HW/HL 1.04); pronotum lacks transverse carinulae.

Minor: longitudinal carinulae stretch from mesopleuron to sides of propodeum.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Syntype major: HW 1.00, HL 0.96, SL 0.56, EL 0.14, PW 0.50. Syntype minor: PW 0.36 (head missing in syntype available).

COLOR Major: concolorous light reddish brown.

Minor: body brownish yellow (color of head unknown).



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

Type Material
and - as reported in Wilson (2003)

Type Locality Information
COSTA RICA: La Caja, vicinity of San José, 1100 m, col. Paul Biolley. (Wilson 2003)

Etymology
Gr chloe, first green shoots of plants in spring, allusion unknown. (Wilson 2003)

Additional References
Forel, A. 1908. Fourmis de Costa-Rica récoltées par M. Paul Biolley. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 44: 35–72.

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