Pheidole huilana

The colony was found in cloud forest, and included a male when collected on 16 January 1978. (Wilson 2003)

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Only known from the type locality.

This taxon was described from Colombia.

Description
DIAGNOSIS Similar in various traits to Pheidole balzani, Pheidole gaigei and Pheidole godmani, differing as follows.

Major: head very broad, with Head Width greater than Head Length, and tapering from occiput to clypeus; antennal scape long, approaching the occipital corner within about its own maximum width; eye large, set forward, Eye Length almost as great as the distance from eye to anterior genal border; promesonotal dorsum flat; mesonotal convexity very low; entire head posterior to eyes smooth and shiny.

Minor: eye large and set forward, with Eye Length equal to distance from eye to anterior genal border; occiput broad, yet with nuchal collar; propodeal spines reduced to denticles.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.04, HL 1.00, SL 0.74, EL 0.20, PW 0.52. Paratype minor: HW 0.56, HL 0.66, SL 0.76, EL 0.14, PW 0.34.

COLOR Major: body medium reddish brown, appendages dark yellow.

Minor: body yellowish brown, legs dark yellow.



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

Type Locality Information
COLOMBIA: Parque Nacional Cuevas de los Guacharos, 10 km southeast of Palestina, Huila, 2200 m, col. C. Kugler and J. Hahn.

Etymology
Named after the Colombian department in which the type colony was collected.

Additional References
Text and images from this publication used by permission of the author.