Pheidole simonsi 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 : 328

Pheidole simonsi Wilson, 2003

Minor worker measurements (n=2): HW 0.65, HL 0.65, SL 0.65, EL 0.14, WL 0.78, PSL 0.18–0.20, PTW 0.10– 0.12, PPW 0.16–0.18, CI 100, SI 100, PSLI 27–30, PPI 150–160.

Material examined. Colombia: 2 minor workers, Cesar, Valledupar, Garupal , 10.2251, -73.7506, alt. 648m, 29. Mar. 2016. Coll. R. Achury, pitfall [IAvH] .

Comments. This is a new record for Colombia and South America with previous records known from Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama ( Wilson 2003; Longino 2009a). The minor workers of P. simonsi from Colombia are identical to those of Panama with a weakly developed nuchal carinae but differing in the orientation of the propodeal spine, which is more ventrally arched in the Colombian specimens (like those of P. simonsi ).