Pheidole servilia

Found in montane rainforest. (Wilson 2003)

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Only known from the type locality.

This taxon was described from Colombia.

Nomenclature

 *  servilia. Pheidole servilia Wilson, 2003: 507, figs. (s.w.) COLOMBIA.

Description
DIAGNOSIS Similar in various ways to Pheidole albipes, Pheidole alticola, Pheidole browni, Pheidole cardiella, Pheidole chalca, Pheidole euryscopa, Pheidole hedlundorum, Pheidole lustrata, Pheidole monteverdensis and Pheidole palenquensis, differing as follows.

Major: head subrectangular in full-face view; eye set far forward on head; in side view, carinulae originate on lower anterior margin of eye and just above it curve and travel mesally; profile of promesonotum almost perfectly semicircular; propodeal spines medium-long and thin; postpetiole from above diamond-shaped; almost all of dorsal surface of head, including occiput, carinulate; all of mesosoma and almost all of dorsal head surface foveolate.

Minor: eye very far forward on head, its distance from the anterior genal border much less than an Eye Length; promesonotal profile a nearly perfect semicircle; propodeal spines medium-length and thin; dorsal surface of head and most of mesosoma variably foveolate.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.60, HL 0.66, SL 0.34, EL 0.08, PW 0.34. Paratype minor: HW 0.42, HL 0.44, SL 0.36, EL 0.08, PW 0.26.

COLOR Major: body medium reddish yellow, appendages light reddish yellow.

Minor: concolorous plain medium yellow.



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

Type Locality Information
COLOMBIA: Represa Calima, above the dam, Valle, 1600 m, col. W. L. Brown and R. B. Root.

Etymology
Named after Julius Caesar’s mistress, and powerful political figure following the assassination.

Additional References
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