Pheidole socrates

Nothing is known about the biology of socrates.

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Amazonian Brazil to the Guianas (French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname). Kempf (1972b) records socrates from Trinidad, but I have not seen the specimens. (Wilson 2003)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname.

Worker
Minor

Nomenclature

 *  socrates. Pheidole biconstricta r. socrates Forel, 1912f: 223 (s.w.) BRAZIL. Raised to species: Wilson, 2003: 149.

Description
From Wilson (2003): A large, light reddish yellow member of the biconstricta group, possessing spines in major and minor. In the major, also, longitudinal carinulae of frontal lobes extend in attenuated form posteriorly to near the occipital border. In the minor, the occiput is exceptionally broad in full-face view.

Otherwise, close to Pheidole biconstricta and Pheidole plato.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.84, HL 1.80, SL 1.10, EL 0.26, PW 0.88. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.88, HL 0.94, SL 1.08, EL 0.10, PW 0.56.

COLOR Major and minor: concolorous light reddish yellow.



'''Figure. Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.'''

Type Material
BRAZIL: Belém. - as reported in Wilson (2003)

Etymology
L socrates, presumably after the philosopher. (Wilson 2003)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
 * Forel A. 1912. Formicides néotropiques. Part III. 3me sous-famille Myrmicinae (suite). Genres Cremastogaster et Pheidole. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 19: 211-237.
 * Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Lapolla, J. S., and S. P. Cover. "New species of Pheidole (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) from Guyana, with a list of species known from the country." Transactions of the American Entomological Society 131, no. 3-4 (2005): 365-374.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. The ants of Trinidad. American Museum Novitates 45: 1-16.