Pheidole lattkei

Nothing is known about the biology of lattkei.

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Only known from the type locality.

This taxon was described from Venezuela.

Description
A member of the fallax group, most similar to Pheidole haskinsorum, Pheidole obscurior (=Pheidole susannae), Pheidole petrensis and Pheidole susannae, distinguished as follows.

Major: tip of antennal scape fails to reach occipital corner by slightly more than 2! the maximum scape width; head in side and frontal views tapers narrowly toward occiput; occipital cleft deep, and subangular at nadir; posterior dorsum of head covered by dense, suberect, forward curving hairs of medium length; occiput smooth; in full-face view, central strip of cephalic dorsum longitudinally carinulate, and lateral thirds rugoreticulate; in dorsal-oblique view, humerus subangulate.

Minor: nuchal collar present, propodeal spines reduced to denticles.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.30, HL 1.48, SL 1.12, EL 0.20, PW 0.60. Paratype minor: HW 0.56, HL 0.80, SL 1.18, EL 0.14, PW 0.40.

COLOR Major: concolorous light reddish brown.

Minor: concolorous reddish yellow.



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

Type Locality Information
VENEZUELA: Cerro Humo via Las Melenas, 9.7 km northwest of Irapa, Sucre, 10°4'N 62°37'W, 950 m, col. John Lattke.

Etymology
Named after the collector, the Venezuelan entomologist John Lattke.

Additional References
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