Pheidole weiseri

Nothing is known about the biology of weiseri.

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Only known from the type locality.

This taxon was described from Argentina.

Nomenclature

 *  weiseri. Pheidole (Elasmopheidole) aberrans st. weiseri Santschi, 1923d: 64 (s.w.q.) ARGENTINA. Raised to species: Wilson, 2003: 142.

Description
From Wilson (2003): A member of the aberrans group, closest to Pheidole minensis and Pheidole obscurifrons.

Major: light yellow; frontal lobes seen from the side form prominent lobes that only partly overhang the clypeus; seen from above, the lobes are broad, and subangular at their anterior tips, which extend to within an Eye Length of the anterior clypeal border; tips of frontal lobes smooth, which surfaces are succeeded posteriorly by a broad band of carinulae, and this gives way at eye level to a smooth area that extends all the way to the occiput; pronotal profile semicircular; faint carinulae line the lower pronotal margin.

Minor: pronotum covered by semicircular carinulae, and mesopleuron by foveolae and longitudinal carinulae.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.42, HL 1.64, SL 0.58, EL 0.18, PW 0.84. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.80, HL 0.80, SL 0.58, EL 0.12, PW 0.48.

COLOR Major: concolorous light reddish yellow.

Minor: body light brown, appendages brownish yellow.



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

Type Material
- as reported in Wilson (2003)

Type Locality Information
ARGENTINA: Pucapampa, near Santa Catalina, Jujuy. (Wilson 2003)

Etymology
Eponymous. (Wilson 2003)

Additional References

 * [[Media:Santschi 1923g.pdf|Santschi, F. 1923d. Pheidole et quelques autres fourmis néotropiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 63: 45-69 PDF]]

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