Pheidole nesiota ^HNS new species

types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology Gr nesiota ^HNS, islander, referring to the type locality.

Diagnosis a member of the fallax ^HNS group, similar to the species listed above in the heading, distinguished as follows. Major: antennal scape slightly exceeds occipital comer; all of promesonotum foveolate and opaque; anterior third of pronotum carinulate; rugoreticulum on head confined to area mesad to eye; mesonotal convexity in side view followed posteriorly by second, feeble convexity, which is also anterior to the metanotal depression; propodeal spines small; carinulae on frontal lobes limited to margins; postpetiole diamond-shaped.

Minor: humerus obtuse-angulate in dorsal-oblique view; propodeal spine equilaterally triangular; promesonotum entirely foveolate and opaque; occiput narrowed, with nuchal collar.

Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.16, HL 1.16, SL 1.00, EL 0.20, PW 0.60.

Paratype minor: HW 0.50, HL 0.62, SL 0.86, EL 0.14, PW 0.34.

color Major: body medium brown, appendages yellowish brown.

Minor: yellowish brown except for tarsi, which are clear yellow.

Range Known only from the type locality.

Biology Unknown.

Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. BRAZIL: Cananeia, Ilha do Cordoso-Mata (L. C. Duarte). Scale bars = 1 mm.