Pheidole mixteca

Collected in the leaf litter of oak woodland. (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: Mexico.

Nomenclature

 *  mixteca. Pheidole mixteca Wilson, 2003: 460, figs. (s.w.) MEXICO.

Description
DIAGNOSIS Species similar in various traits to Pheidole oaxacana, Pheidole scabriventris and Pheidole tragica and distinguished as follows.

Major: yellow; pronotum bilobed in dorsal-oblique view; propodeal spine short, nearly vertical in dorsal-oblique view; petiolar node narrow in side view; rugoreticulum present between eye and antennal fossa; postpetiolar node broad and acutely subangular; humerus bearing a small patch of rugulae. Minor: frontal lobes bulging forward in side view; propodeal spine short and nearly erect.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.90, HL 1.00, SL 0.58, EL 0.16, PW 0.44. Paratype minor: HW 0.46, HL 0.56, SL 0.46, EL 0.08, PW 0.32.

COLOR Major: head and mandibles reddish yellow, gaster brownish yellow; other appendages medium yellow.



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

Type Material
MEXICO: 30 km south of Juchatengo, Oaxaca, 650 m, col. S. Peck.

Etymology
Mixteca, after Mixtec, the Amerindian people of Oaxaca.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133
 * Wilson, E.O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A Dominant, Hyperdiverse Genus. Harvard University Press