Pheidole descolei

Nothing is known about the biology of descolei.

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Known from Argentina and Brazil.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil.

Nomenclature

 *  descolei. Pheidole descolei Kusnezov, 1952b: 76 (s.w.) ARGENTINA. See also: Wilson, 2003: 680.

Description
From Wilson (2003): DIAGNOSIS A medium-sized, yellowish species of uncertain affinities.

Major: head moderately elongate, its anterior dorsal surface carinulate and with no rugoreticulum; pilosity sparse, nearly absent from margin of the head in full-face view; entire mesosoma and waist foveolate and opaque; humeri in dorsal-oblique view prominently raised and narrowly lobate; postpetiole from above elliptical.

Minor: occiput broad, lacking nuchal collar; entire head, mesosoma, and waist foveolate and opaque; pilosity sparse, largely absent from margin of head in full-face view.

The sparse pilosity in both castes may be due to decomposition.

MEASUREMENTS (rom) Major (Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo): HW lAO, HL 1.54, SL 0.66, EL 0.20, PW 0.68. Minor (Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo): HW 0.56, HL 0.62, SL 0.58, EL 0.10, PW 0.36.

COLOR Major: head and mandibles clear reddish yellow; meso soma brownish yellow; gaster medium brown; antennae and legs clear dark yellow.

Minor: head medium yellowish brown; mesosoma, waist, and appendages light yellowish brown; gaster medium brown.



'''Figure. Upper: major (Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; associated with minors that were compared with type minors). Lower: minor (Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, compared with types, which are badly decomposed and fragmented). Scale bars = 1 mm.'''

Type Material
, and  - as reported in Wilson (2003)

Type Locality Information
Apolimirio Saravia, Salta, Argentina. (Wilson 2003)

Etymology
Eponymous. (Wilson 2003)

Additional References
Kusnezov, N. 1952 (“1951”). El género Pheidole en la Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zool. Lilloana 12: 5–88.

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