Pheidole kuna ^HNS new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology Kuna ^HNS, Amerindian tribe of the San Bias region.

Diagnosis a very small, bicolorous member of the flavens ^HNS group close to flavens ^HNS, with which it may be synonymous, and tayrona ^HNS, distinguished from both in the major, which has a distinctive bicolorous body and angulate mesonotum. See also breviseta ^HNS, hizemops ^HNS, lignicola ^HNS, micon ^HNS, and tenebra ^HNS.

measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.68, HL 0.74, SL 0.40, EL 0.08, PW 0.34. Paratype minor: HW 0.36, HL 0.40, SL 0.34, EL 0.06, PW 0.24.

color Major and minor: gaster and postpetiole light brown; rest of body and appendages reddish yellow.

Range Known only from the type series.

Biology In rainforest.

Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. PANAMA: Nusagandi, San Bias Province (Leeanne E. Tennant-Alonso). Scale bars = 1 mm.