Pheidole morelosana

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: Mexico.

Nomenclature

 *  morelosana. Pheidole morelosana Wilson, 2003: 465, figs. (s.w.) MEXICO.

Description
DIAGNOSIS Pheidole morelosana is similar in various traits to Pheidole bilimeki, Pheidole floridana, Pheidole goeldii, Pheidole grex and Pheidole rectispina, distinguished as follows.

Major: dark yellow; occiput broad and deep; pilosity dense and very long, many hairs much longer than Eye Length; humerus subangulate in dorsal-oblique view; propodeal spines long, nearly vertical to propodeal basal face in dorsal-oblique view; promesonotal profile flat in side view; postpetiolar node very low in side view and spinose from above; mesosoma entirely foveolate and opaque.

Minor: eye small, oval; all of head and mesosoma foveolate and opaque; petiolar node broad and rounded at apex; postpetiolar node low; occiput broad, its margin concave.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.78, HL 0.88, SL 0.42, EL 0.08, PW 0.44. Paratype minor: HW 0.44, HL 0.50, SL 0.42, EL 0.06, PW 0.28.

COLOR Major: concolorous dark yellow except for antennae and tarsi, which are pale yellow. Minor: concolorous medium yellow except for tarsi, which are pale yellow.



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

Type Locality Information
MEXICO: Miacatlan, Morelos, col. A. B. Hamton.

Etymology
Named after the Mexican state of origin of the type colony.

Additional References
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