Pheidole indagatrix Wilson, 2003

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 indagatrix Wilson, 2003

Minor worker measurements (n=2): HW 0.59, HL 0.73–0.75, SL 1.08–1.10, EL 0.16, WL 0.94, PSL 0.06, PTW 0.12, PPW 0.16–0.18, CI 79–81, SI 183–187, PSLI 8, PPI 133–150.

Soldier measurements (n=2): HW 1.22–1.47, HL 1.33–1.41, SL 1.00–1.08, EL 0.18–0.20, WL 1.14, PSL 0.08–0.10, PTW 0.16–0.18, PPW 0.29–0.31, CI 91–104, SI 73–82, PSLI 6–7, PPI 178–188.

Material examined. Colombia: 1 minor worker, 1 soldier, Cauca, Mpio Santa Rosa, San Juan de Villalobos , 1.5018889, -76.3647778, alt. 1400m, 23. Nov. 2019. Coll. M. Escárraga, hand collecting [CBUM]; 1 minor worker, 1 soldier, Valle del Cauca, Calima, Coll. Aldana [ICN] .

Comments. This is a new record for Colombia and South America , with previous records from Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama ( Wilson 2003). The soldiers of P. indagatrix collected in Cauca and Valle del Cauca localities match the holotype described by Wilson (2003), except that the holotype has the frontal lobes mostly rugoreticulate while in Colombian soldiers there are semi-straight longitudinal costulae extending between the frontal carinae. The minor worker paratype has conspicuous punctuation on the area around the inner margin of the eyes; in contrast, Colombian material has a few inconspicuous punctuations and transverse costulae in that same head region.