Pheidole hierax

Nothing is known about the biology of hierax.

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Only known from the type locality.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Panama.

Nomenclature

 *  hierax. Pheidole hierax Wilson, 2003: 194, figs. (s.w.) PANAMA.

Description
Close to Pheidole pugnax, and also somewhat less similar to Pheidole diligens, Pheidole fowleri, Pheidole medialis, Pheidole pugnax and Pheidole radoszkowskii, distinguished as follows.

Major: dark yellow; rugoreticulum absent on head; all of posterior dorsal surface of head foveolate and opaque, but posterior lateral surface smooth and shiny; carinulae along midline of head extends halfway between eye level and occiput; transverse carinulae present on anterior edge of pronotal dorsum; all of mesosoma and waist foveolate; all of central strip of first gastral tergite shagreened; pronotal dorsum in dorsal-oblique view subangulate, not bilobous; a few long, sparse hairs present on dorsal surface of head, but mesosoma almost completely bare; propodeal spiracle elliptical.

Minor: head, mesosoma, and waist completely foveolate and almost bare of pilosity; anterior half of first gastral tergite shagreened; anterior propodeal face drops precipitously to metanotum in dorsal-oblique view.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.04, HL 1.04, SL 0.68, EL 0.18, PW 0.58. Paratype minor: HW 0.54, HL 0.60, SL 0.68, EL 0.12, PW 0.38.

COLOR Major and minor: dark yellow.



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

Type Material
PANAMA: Barro Colorado Island, col. Diana E. Wheeler.

Etymology
Gr hierax, hawk.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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