Pheidole goeldii

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.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil.

Nomenclature

 *  goeldii. Pheidole goeldii Forel, 1895j: 178 (s.w.) BRAZIL. See also: Wilson, 2003: 429.

Description
From Wilson (2003): A member of the flavens group, somewhat similar to Pheidole chloe and Pheidole striaticeps of Mexico and Central America, distinguished as follows.

Major: yellow; Head Width equal to Head Length; occipital cleft deep, with subangulate midline cleft; mesonotal convexity apparent in dorsal-oblique view; postpetiole from above diamond-shaped, with right-angular margins; edges of humeri rugoreticulate; propodeal spines half as long as and perpendicular to basal face of propodeum preceding them; edges of humeri rugoreticulate.

Minor: humeri toothed; propodeal spines more than a third as long as and perpendicular to the basal face of the propodeum facing them; occiput narrowed behind; occiput with prominent midline cleft; head, mesosoma, and waist foveolate and opaque.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Syntype major: HW 1.00, HL 1.00, SL 0.48, EL 0.12, PW 0.48. Syntype minor: HW 0.50, HL 0.54, SL 0.44, EL 0.08, PW 0.30.

COLOR Major and minor: concolorous yellow.



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

Type Material
and  - as reported in Wilson (2003)

Type Locality Information
From Wilson (2003): BRAZIL: Colônia Alpina, Terasópolis, Rio de Janeiro, col. Emilio A. Goeldi.

Etymology
Named in honor of the collector Emilio A. Goeldi. (Wilson 2003)

Additional References
Forel, A. 1895. Die Ameisen- und Termitengäste von Brasilien. Anhang. Beschreibung einiger neuer brasilianischer Ameisenarten. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 45: 178–179. [Correct date 1895: date of publication is 31 Dec. 1895.]

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