Pheidole laidlowi

Nothing is known about the biology of laidlowi.

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Amazonian Brazil and Peru. (Wilson 2003)

This taxon was described from Brazil.

Nomenclature

 *  laidlowi. Pheidole (Pheidole) triconstricta var. laidlowi Mann, 1916: 434 (s.w.) BRAZIL. Raised to species: Wilson, 2003: 201.

Description
From Wilson (2003): A small, yellow, nearly hairless member of the diligens group, similar to Pheidole bruesi, Pheidole diligens, Pheidole inversa, Pheidole radoszkowskii and Pheidole triconstricta, differing by the following combination of traits.

Major: sculpture of dorsal surface of head entirely limited to longitudinal carinula restricted to part of head anterior to the posterior eye margin, with no rugoreticulum, and the frontal lobes bare; promesonotal profile strictly 2-lobed, with the lobes connected by a shallow, saddle-like concavity in dorsal-oblique view; propodeal spine very thin, needle-like; color pale yellow.

Minor: differing from that of the species just listed by its narrow occiput.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Lectotype major: HW 0.96, HL 0.98, SL 0.66, EL 0.14, PW 0.48. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.48, HL 0.56, SL 0.66, EL 0.10, PW 0.34.

COLOR Major and minor: concolorous pale yellow.



'''Figure. Upper: lectotype, major. BRAZIL: Rio Madeira (W. M. Mann). Minor: Cuzco Amazónico, 15 km northeast of Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru (Stefan Cover and John E. Tobin). Scale bars = 1 mm.'''

Type Material
- as reported in Wilson (2003)

Type Locality Information
BRAZIL: Rio Madeira, col. W. M. Mann. (Wilson 2003)

Etymology
Eponymous. (Wilson 2003)

Additional References
Mann, W. M. 1916. The Stanford Expedition to Brazil, 1911, John C. Branner, Director: The ants of Brazil. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 60: 399–490.

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