Pheidole bakeri

Nothing is known about the biology of bakeri.

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Known only from Cuba (Havana and San Blas, Pinar del Rio). (Wilson 2003)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Cuba, Greater Antilles.

Worker
Minor

Nomenclature

 *  bakeri. Pheidole bakeri Forel, 1912b: 82 (s.w.) CUBA. Subspecies of androsana: Wheeler, W.M. 1913b: 491. Revived status as species: Wilson, 2003: 660.

Description
From Wilson (2003): DIAGNOSIS Most similar to Pheidole androsana of the Bahamas, from which it differs principally by the smooth and shiny posterior half of the major’s head capsule and carinulate mesopleuron, as well as by its longer propodeal spines.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Syntype major: HW 1.60, HL 1.90, SL (not measured), EL 0.22, PW 0.80. Syntype minor: HW 0.60, HL 0.64, SL 0.62, EL 0.12, PW 0.40.

COLOR Major: concolorous medium yellow with a slight reddish tinge, hence light “orange.”

Minor: concolorous medium yellow.



'''Figure. Upper: syntype, major (damaged specimen; outline of antenna drawn from specimen collected at San Blas, Pinar del Rio). Lower: syntype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.'''

Type Material
CUBA: Havana. and - as reported in Wilson (2003)

Etymology
Eponymous. (Wilson 2003)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Alayo D. P. 1974. Introduccion al estudio de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Superfamilia Formicoidea. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba. Instituto de Zoologia. Serie Biologica no.53: 58 pp. La Habana.
 * Fontenla J. L., and J. Alfonso-Simonetti. 2018. Classification of Cuban ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) into functional groups. Poeyana Revista Cubana de Zoologia 506: 21-30.
 * Forel A. 1912. Einige interessante Ameisen des Deutschen Entomologischen Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem. Entomol. Mitt. 1: 81-83.
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Mann W. M. 1920. Additions to the ant fauna of the West Indies and Central America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 42: 403-439.
 * Morrison L. W. 1998. A review of Bahamian ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) biogeography. Journal of Biogeography 25: 561-571.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1913. The ants of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 54: 477-505.
 * Wilson, E.O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A Dominant, Hyperdiverse Genus. Harvard University Press