Pheidole victima, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 533

Pheidole victima Santschi, new status

Pheidole lignicola var. victima Santschi 1929d: 290.

types Naturhist. Mus. Basel.

Etymology Unknown.

diagnosis Similar to tarchon and tetrica , differing as follows.

Major: dark reddish-yellow; all of dorsal surface of head, including occiput but excluding frontal triangle and midclypeus, carinulate; carinulae originating on frontal lobes spread outward, away from the midline; in dorsal-oblique view propodeum descends to metanotal groove by a short, steep face; postpetiole from above oval; anterior third of promesonotal dorsum carinulate; all of head and mesosoma foveolate and opaque. Minor: unknown.

Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 0.94, HL 0.96, SL 0.62, EL 0.12, PW 0.42. Color Major: concolorous dark reddish yellow.

Range Known only from the type locality.

Biology Unknown.

Figure Lectotype, major. BRAZIL: Rio Negro, Parana. Minor unknown. Scale bar = 1 mm.