Pheidole nana

This species is only known from type specimens. Nothing is known about its biology.

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Only known from the type locality.

This taxon was described from Brazil.

Nomenclature

 *  nana. Pheidole nana Emery, 1894c: 158 (s.w.) BRAZIL. See also: Wilson, 2003: 467.

Description
From Wilson (2003): DIAGNOSIS A medium-sized member of the flavens group, most similar to Pheidole borgmeieri, differing from it and other species of the group as follows.

Major: profile of promesonotum in side view forming a single, smooth, near perfect semicircle; in dorsal-oblique view, humerus rises well above the remainder of the pronotum and the mesonotum; propodeal spine long and thin; postpetiolar node from above bell-shaped; carinulae cover dorsal surface of head except for occiput as spaces next to the posterior reaches of the frontal carinae, as well as the frontal triangle and mid-clypeus; anterior margin of pronotum carinulate.

Minor: profile of promesonotum forms a smooth, nearly perfect semicircle; propodeal spines relatively long and thin; frontal carinae and carinulae mesad to it reach almost to occiput.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Lectotype major: HW 0.90, HL 0.86, SL 0.54, EL 0.08, PW 0.44. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.46, HL 0.54, SL 0.46, EL 0.04, PW 0.32.

COLOR Major: concolorous brownish yellow.

Minor: concolorous yellowish brown.



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

Type Material
- as reported in Wilson (2003)

Type Locality Information
BRAZIL: Mato Grosso. (Wilson 2003)

Etymology
L nana, dwarf, alluding to small size. (Wilson 2003)

Additional References
Emery, C. 1894d. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica, VI–XVI. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 26: 137–241.

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