Pheidole otisi 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 : 325

Pheidole otisi Wilson, 2003

Minor worker measurements (n= 1): HW 0.33, HL 0.37, SL 0.33, EL 0.08, WL 0.41, PSL 0.06, PTW 0.08, PPW 0.10, CI 89, SI 100, PSLI 16, PPI 125.

Soldier measurements (n= 1): HW 0.57, HL 0.63, SL 0.33, EL 0.10, WL 0.53, PSL 0.06, PTW 0.12, PPW 0.16, CI 91, SI 59, PSLI 9, PPI 133.

Material examined. Colombia: 1 minor worker, 1 soldier, Nariño, Barbacoas, Reserva Natural El Pangán , 1.3636, -78.0791, alt. 640m, 27. Jul. 2006. Coll. A. Miranda & O. Reyes, hand collecting [ICN] .

Comments. This is a new record for Colombia and South America with previous records known from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica ( Wilson 2003). In the soldier´s illustration by Wilson (2003), this one has wellmarked rugoreticulae towards the middle of the vertex and the anterior portion of the vertex lobes, while on the Colombian specimen the rugoreticulae are arranged in a horizontal patch that fades towards the middle of the vertex and the anterior portion of the vertexal lobes, without extending to the posterior portion.