Pheidole lineafrons Longino, 2019

Guerrero, Roberto J., García, Emira & Fernández, Fernando, 2022, The Pheidole Westwood, 1839 ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Colombia: new records including two species with remarkable morphology, Zootaxa 5154 (3), pp. 319-332 : 324

Pheidole lineafrons Longino, 2019

Minor worker measurements (n=1): HW 0.71, HL 0.88, SL 1.25, EL 0.16, WL 1.10, PSL 0.02, PTW 0.16, PPW 0.24, CI 80, SI 178, PSLI 2, PPI 150.

Soldier measurements (n=1): HW 1.57, HL 1.65, SL 1.33, EL 0.22, WL 1.45, PSL 0.08, PTW 0.29, PPW 0.51, CI 95, SI 85, PSLI 5, PPI 173.

Material examined. Colombia: 2 minor workers, 1 soldier, Caldas, Aguadas, La Playa , alt. 1610m, 21. Jan. 1990. Coll. C. Cárdenas [IAvH] .

Comments. This is a new record for Colombia and South America with previous record from Costa Rica ( Longino 2019). The Colombian material is very similar to the holotype (soldier, CASENT0644875) and the minor worker paratype (CASENT0644874), except that the mesosome length of the soldier is shorter, as is the scape length of the minor worker.