Pheidole lilloi

Nothing is known about the biology of lilloi.

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Recorded from Tucumán and Misiones, Argentina. (Wilson 2003)

This taxon was described from Argentina.

Nomenclature

 *  lilloi. Elasmopheidole lilloi Kusnezov, 1952b: 74 (s.w.) ARGENTINA. Combination in Pheidole (Elasmopheidole): Kempf, 1972a: 184. See also: Wilson, 2003: 135.

Description
From Wilson (2003): A member of the aberrans group closest to Pheidole fracticeps, differing from it and other species of the group by the following combination of traits.

Major: very small; brownish yellow with brown spot on vertex; hypostoma 4-toothed; in side view, occiput projects out like a brow, its apex rounded and the profile of the head below it dipping away as a strong convexity; in full-face view, occiput bearing several widely spaced carinulae that travel from the dorsal midline obliquely toward the occipital corners; eye oval, placed forward to its anterior border is only a little more than an Eye Length from the anterior genal border.

Minor: almost all of head, mesosoma, and waist foveolate; most of dorsal surface of head carinulate, with a rugoreticulum mesad to each eye.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Lectotype major: HW 0.64, HL 0.84, SL 0.30, EL 0.12, PW 0.40. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.40, HL 0.44, SL 0.32, EL 0.06, PW 0.24.

COLOR Major: overall brownish yellow, with a light brown spot on the vertex.

Minor: overall brownish yellow except for posterior half of dorsum of head, which is medium brown.



'''Figure. Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.'''

Type Material
and - as reported in Wilson (2003)

Type Locality Information
ARGENTINA: Tucumán.

Etymology
Named after Miguel Lillo. (Wilson 2003)

Additional References
Kusnezov, N. 1952d (“1951”). El género Pheidole en la Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zool. Lilloana 12: 5–88.

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