Pheidole subnuda

Besides knowing males were present in the nest at La Parada, Venezuela, on 13 September nothing is known about the biology of subnuda. (Wilson 2003)

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
From Wilson (2003): Known from the type locality; and from La Parada, San Cristóbal (1100 m) and Palmira (1200 m), both in Tachira, Venezuela, col. J. Lattke.

This taxon was described from Colombia.

Nomenclature

 *  subnuda. Pheidole subnuda Wilson, 2003: 236, figs. (s.w.) COLOMBIA.

Description
A member of the diligens group, similar to Pheidole radoszkowskii and related species, and distinguished as follows.

Major: posterior dorsal half of head covered by faint longitudinal carinulae; pronotal dorsum transversely rugulose; gaster entirely smooth; pronotal dorsum weakly bilobous; mesosoma hairless.

Minor: posterior third of ventral head profile concave; humerus and mesosomal convexity angulate; head and gaster entirely smooth and shiny; mesosoma and waist entirely foveolate and opaque; dorsal mesosomal profile bearing peculiar short, curving hairs.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.94, HL 0.92, SL 0.66, EL 0.18, PW 0.50. Paratype minor: HW 0.58, HL 0.62, SL 0.70, EL 0.14, PW 0.38.

COLOR Major: body light brown, appendages dark yellow.

Minor: body medium brown; tarsi yellow, and rest of appendages brownish yellow to light brown.



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

Type Locality Information
COLOMBIA: Caño El Buque, S. Villavicencio, Meta, 480 m, col. Charles Kugler.

Etymology
L subnuda, almost bare (of pilosity).

Additional References
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