Pheidole bulliceps, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 671

Pheidole bulliceps new species

Types iNBio.

Etymology L bulliceps , bubble-headed, with reference to the major.

diagnosis A large member of the tristis group, similar to rotundiceps , less so to pepo , sphaerica , and subsphaerica , distinguished by the following traits in the major: head capsule in full-face view roughly circular in outline; extensive patches of rugoreticulum present mesad and laterad to the eye; most of remainder of head longitudinally carinulate, with carinulae just laterad to the frontal carinae turning outward; central zone of occiput smooth and shiny; almost all of propodeum carinulate. measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 2.28, HL 2.24, SL 1.20, EL 0.24, PW 1.00. Paratype minor: HW 0.64, HL 0.82, SL 1.04, EL 0.14, PW 0.44.

color Major: head and appendages light reddish brown, rest of body medium reddish brown.

Minor: yellowish brown.

Range Known only from the type series.

Biology The types were attracted to a tuna bait.

Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. ECUADOR: Jatun Sacha, Napo (Leeanne E. Tennant-Alonso). Scale bars = 1 mm.