Pheidole ceibana

This species is only known from type specimens collected from a piece of rotting wood on a steep, forested slope. (Wilson 2003)

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Only known from the type locality.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Honduras.

Worker
Minor

Images from AntWeb
Major

Nomenclature

 *  ceibana. Pheidole ceibana Wilson, 2003: 394, figs. (s.w.) HONDURAS.

Description
Similar to Pheidole dentigula, Pheidole harrisonfordi, Pheidole lemnisca, Pheidole metallescens, Pheidole peltastes, Pheidole perkinsi, Pheidole renae, Pheidole ruida, Pheidole tayrona and Pheidole xyston, differing as follows. Major: very small; brown with pale yellow appendages; promesonotum smoothly semicircular in profile; heavily rugoreticulate occiput; and unstriped gaster.

Minor: head smooth, almost entirely sculpture-free.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.64, HL 0.70, SL 0.38, EL 0.10, PW 0.34. Paratype minor: HW 0.36, HL 0.40, SL 0.38, EL 0.08, PW 0.22.

COLOR Major and minor: body medium brown, appendages pale yellow.



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

Type Material
HONDURAS: 13 km south of La Ceiba, Atlántida Department, 130 m, col. W. L. Brown.

Etymology
Pertaining to Ceiba, near the type locality.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Longino J. T. L., and M. G. Branstetter. 2018. The truncated bell: an enigmatic but pervasive elevational diversity pattern in Middle American ants. Ecography 41: 1-12.
 * Wilson, E.O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A Dominant, Hyperdiverse Genus. Harvard University Press