Pheidole crozieri

Nothing is known about the biology of crozieri.

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Known from the type locality, and from two other series taken in Lima, Peru. (Wilson 2003)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Peru.

Nomenclature

 *  crozieri. Pheidole crozieri Wilson, 2003: 183, figs. (s.w.) PERU.

Description
A light brown member of the diligens group, closest to Pheidole williamsi of the Galápagos Islands but also with some similarities to Pheidole vafella, as well as Pheidole rufipilis and the mostly South American species listed with rufipilis (q.v.), differing from williamsi as follows.

Major: light brown; pronotum in side view smoothly rounded, and single-lobed in dorsal-oblique view; occiput strongly concave; petiolar node high, its apex rounded.

Minor: petiolar node in side view high, and its dorsal border nearly flat in rear view.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.10, HL 1.12, SL 0.74, EL 0.16, PW 0.54. Paratype minor: HW 0.50, HL 0.60, SL 0.66, EL 0.12, PW 0.32.

COLOR Major: body and most of head light brown; appendages and anterior third of head a slightly contrasting yellowish brown.

Minor: body and most of head light brown; gena and appendages yellowish brown.

Specimens from Lima in the Museum of Comparative Zoology are somewhat darker.



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

Type Material
PERU: Chaclacayo, Lima, col. R. H. Crozier.

Etymology
Named after the collector, the distinguished Australian myrmecologist Ross H. Crozier.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bezdeckova K., P. Bedecka, and I. Machar. 2015. A checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Peru. Zootaxa 4020 (1): 101–133.
 * Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.