Pheidole flavigaster

Dependent on humid environment, most likely forever living underground, often a single queen or small colony as is found in the colony of Pheidole nodus.

Identification
This new species is similar to Pheidole schoedli from Indonesia, but can be obviously distinguished from the latter by the following characters: propodeal spine not upward, hypostoma inner and median tooth not distinct.

Distribution based on type material
China.

Nomenclature

 * . Pheidole flavigaster Zhong, 2021: 3, figs. 1-7 (w.) CHINA.

Type Material

 * Holotype. 1 major worker, China, Fujian, Sanming, Ruiyun Mountain, 26°22′5″N, 117°39′14″E; elev. 600 m, 04-V-2021, Ying ZHONG leg., KIZ0130281 (Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology (KIZ), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, China).
 * Paratypes. 1 major worker, 2 minor workers and 1 queen, the same data as holotype, KIZ0130282, KIZ0130283, KIZ0130284, KIZ0130285 (Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology (KIZ), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, China).