Pheidole infernalis

The types were sifted from rotting wood and mold on the floor of rainforest (P. S. Ward).

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Only known from the type locality.

This taxon was described from Bolivia.

Description
DIAGNOSIS Similar to Pheidole ademonia, Pheidole peltastes, Pheidole sospes and Pheidole termitobia, differing as follows.

Major: shallow antennal scrobe present; occipital lobes and a broad swath running down the sides of the head from occiput to near the anterior genal border rugoreticulate; most of the rest of the head carinulate; humeri angulate, their tips rugoreticulate, and the rest of the promesonotal dorsum smooth; propodeal spines half as long as the propodeal basal face; postpetiole from above conulate.

Minor: sides of head feebly foveolate; head and pronotum mostly smooth and shiny; occiput broad and feebly concave; humerus in dorsal-oblique view denticulate; propodeal spines reduced to denticles.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.72, HL 0.74, SL 0.36, EL 0.08, PW 0.38. Paratype minor: HW 0.48, HL 0.52, SL 0.44, EL 0.06, PW 0.30.

COLOR Major: body brownish yellow except for dorsal surface of head, which is medium brown.

Minor: body dark yellow, appendages medium yellow.



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

Type Locality Information
BOLIVIA: Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado, 14°48'S 60°23'W, 700 m, col. Philip S. Ward.

Etymology
L infernalis, from the lower regions.

Additional References
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