Pheidole gravida

Nothing is known about the biology of gravida.

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Only known from the type locality.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Venezuela.

Nomenclature

 *  gravida. Pheidole gravida Wilson, 2003: 701, figs. (s.w.) VENEZUELA.

Description
DIAGNOSIS Similar in various respects to Pheidole incisa and Pheidole nasifera.

Major: yellow; center of midclypeus raised to a small point; frontal lobes extended slightly, and subangulate in side view; median ocellus or a small pit in ocellar location present, as shown; promesonotum massive, descending through a long, steep face to the metanotum; very faint antennal scrobe present; propodeal spines equilaterally triangular; postpetiolar node from above elliptical, 2X as broad as petiolar node.

Minor: humerus denticulate and mesonotal convexity subangulate in dorsal-oblique view; propodeal spines reduced to denticles; anterior pronotal fringe and propodeal dorsum carinulate.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.46, HL 1.60, SL 0.62, EL 0.18, PW 0.86. Paratype minor: HW 0.66, HL 0.70, SL 0.64, EL 0.14, PW 0.44.

COLOR Major: reddish medium yellow.

Minor: plain medium yellow.



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

Type Material
VENEZUELA: San Cristobal-La Florida Road, LaBlanca to Mundo Nuevo, Táchira, 1100 m, col. J. Lattke and W. L. Brown.

Etymology
L gravida, laden, referring to the heavy-looking promesothorax.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.