Pheidole epetrion

Collected on the floor of second-growth forest. (Wilson 2003)

Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.

Distribution
Only known from the type locality.

This taxon was described from Ecuador.

Castes
This species is only known from the minor.

Description
DIAGNOSIS A member of the scrobifera group known only from the minor, close to Pheidole arctos of northeastern Mexico and Pheidole thrasys of Panama, differing in the longer propodeal spines, carinulate genae, absence of a nuchal collar, and mostly foveolate, opaque dorsal half of the head capsule.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype minor: HW 0.66, HL 0.68, SL 0.70, EL 0.14, PW 0.42. Minor: body blackish brown, tarsi yellow, rest of appendages medium brown.

COLOR Minor: body blackish brown, tarsi yellow, rest of appendages medium brown.



'''Figure. Holotype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.'''

Type Locality Information
ECUADOR: Endesa Forest Reserve, Pichincha, col. Leeanne Tennant-Alonso.

Etymology
Gr epetrion, needle, referring to the needle-like propodeal spine.

Additional References
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