Pheidole grantae, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, pp. 646-778 : 700

Pheidole grantae Forel, new status

Pheidole crassipes r. grantae Forel 1908c: 53.

Types Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneve.

Etymology Eponymous, but no person specified.

Diagnosis A large, blackish brown member of the tristis group with exceptionally large, bell-shaped postpetiolar node, prominent convex subpostpetiolar convexity, prominent subangular pronotal humeri, and fully shagreened and opaque first gastral tergite. Major: sculpturing of dorsal surface of the head reaches posteriorly to just short of the occiput.

Similar to alpinensis , exarata , excubitor , germaini , grandinodus , obrima , rogeri , stulta , tristis , and zoster , differing in many details of body form, sculpturing, and pilosity, as illustrated, and in color.

Measurements (mm) Syntype major: HW 1.60, HL 1.60, SL 0.86, EL 0.20, PW 0.80. Syntype minor: HW 0.76, HL 0.86, SL 0.80, EL 0.12, PW 0.48. color Major: blackish brown, mesosoma and appendages with reddish undertones. Minor: blackish brown, appendages light to medium brown.

Range Known only from the type locality in Costa Rica and the Colombian locality cited in the figure caption.

Biology The Reserva Natura El Guayaba series was collected in montane rainforest.

figure Upper: major. Lower: minor. COLOMBIA: Reserva Natura El Guayaba, Cali-Popayan, Cauca, 1600 m (Richard Root and W. L. Brown). Compared with syntypes in Museum Histoire Naturelle, Geneve. (Type locality: Costa del Tablazo, Costa Rica, collected by Paul Biolley). Scale bars = 1 mm.