Pheidole laidlowi

Nothing is known about the biology of laidlowi.

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Amazonian Brazil and Peru. (Wilson 2003)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Ecuador, Peru.

Nomenclature

 *  laidlowi. Pheidole (Pheidole) triconstricta var. laidlowi Mann, 1916: 434 (s.w.) BRAZIL. Raised to species: Wilson, 2003: 201.

Description
From Wilson (2003): A small, yellow, nearly hairless member of the diligens group, similar to Pheidole bruesi, Pheidole diligens, Pheidole inversa, Pheidole radoszkowskii and Pheidole triconstricta, differing by the following combination of traits.

Major: sculpture of dorsal surface of head entirely limited to longitudinal carinula restricted to part of head anterior to the posterior eye margin, with no rugoreticulum, and the frontal lobes bare; promesonotal profile strictly 2-lobed, with the lobes connected by a shallow, saddle-like concavity in dorsal-oblique view; propodeal spine very thin, needle-like; color pale yellow.

Minor: differing from that of the species just listed by its narrow occiput.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Lectotype major: HW 0.96, HL 0.98, SL 0.66, EL 0.14, PW 0.48. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.48, HL 0.56, SL 0.66, EL 0.10, PW 0.34.

COLOR Major and minor: concolorous pale yellow.



'''Figure. Upper: lectotype, major. BRAZIL: Rio Madeira (W. M. Mann). Minor: Cuzco Amazónico, 15 km northeast of Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru (Stefan Cover and John E. Tobin). Scale bars = 1 mm.'''

Type Material
BRAZIL: Rio Madeira, col. W. M. Mann. - as reported in Wilson (2003)

Etymology
Eponymous. (Wilson 2003)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
 * Ryder Wilkie K.T., A. L. Mertl, and J. F. A. Traniello. 2010. Species Diversity and Distribution Patterns of the Ants of Amazonian Ecuador. PLoS ONE 5(10): e13146.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013146