Pheidole cardiella 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 : 322

Pheidole cardiella Wilson, 2003

Minor worker measurements (n= 1): HW 0.35, HL 0.37, SL 0.27, EL 0.08, WL 0.37, PSL 0.06, PTW 0.08, PPW 0.12, CI 95, SI 78, PSLI 16, PPI 150.

Soldier measurements (n= 1): HW 0.71, HL 0.73, SL 0.39, EL 0.10, WL 0.53, PSL 0.10, PTW 0.10, PPW 0.16, CI 97, SI 56, PSLI 11, PPI 160.

Material examined. Colombia: 1 minor worker, 1 soldier, Vaupés, Mitú, Trubon , floodplain forest, 1.2054, -70.0695, alt. 196m, 24. Mar. 2019. Coll. D. Castro, winkler [ICN] .

Comments. This species is a new record for Colombia with previous records from Ecuador and Peru ( Wilson 2003). The examined soldier is relatively like that described by Wilson (2003). The paratype soldier on AntWeb (JTLC000016340) has a marked antennal scrobe; in contrast the antennal scrobe of the Vaupés soldier is barely perceptible.Another contrasting feature is the dorsal surface of the pronotum, uniformly foveate in the paratype soldier while strongly transversely costulate in the Vaupés collection.