Pheidole hasticeps

Nothing is known about the biology of hasticeps.

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Known from Costa Rica.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama.

Worker
Minor

Nomenclature

 *  hasticeps. Pheidole hasticeps Wilson, 2003: 704, figs. (s.w.) COSTA RICA.

Description
DIAGNOSIS Closely similar to Pheidole subarmata, but differing by the following traits.

Major: larger and more darkly colored; pronotum bilobous; propodeal spines longer and thinner, postpetiolar nodal margins more sharply angulate; carinulae mesad to the eyes extend halfway to the occipital border.

Minor: larger and darker, otherwise nearly identical to Pheidole subarmata. See also the less similar Pheidole allarmata, Pheidole cramptoni, Pheidole synarmata and Pheidole triplex.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.20, HL 1.40, SL 0.60, EL 0.16, PW 0.64. Paratype minor: HW 0.52, HL 0.54, SL 0.54, EL 0.10, PW 0.34.

COLOR Major: head and body dark brown, appendages light to medium brown.

Minor: head and body medium brown, appendages light brown.



'''Figure. Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.'''

Type Material
COSTA RICA: San José de la Montaña, 10 km north of Heredia, col. Yvette Perfecto.

Etymology
L hasticeps, spear-headed, referring to the major.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
 * Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
 * Longino J. T. L., and M. G. Branstetter. 2018. The truncated bell: an enigmatic but pervasive elevational diversity pattern in Middle American ants. Ecography 41: 1-12.
 * Longino J. et al. ADMAC project. Accessed on March 24th 2017 at https://sites.google.com/site/admacsite/