Pheidole kuna, Wilson, E. O., 2003

publication ID	20017
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6276200
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0ED8A4F9-4F01-F3C0-2A30-0DBA49CC5BD4
treatment provided by	Donat
scientific name	Pheidole kuna
status	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.

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