Pheidole eidmanni Menozzi

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 289

publication ID	20017
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6274799
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scientific name	Pheidole eidmanni Menozzi
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Pheidole eidmanni Menozzi View in CoL HNS

Pheidole eidmanni Menozzi HNS 1926c: 69.

Types Institute di Entomologia "Guido Grandi."

Etymology Named after the entomologist H. Eidmann.

Diagnosis A member of the fallax HNS group, similar in different characters to bergi HNS , cordiceps HNS , nitidula HNS , and pampana HNS , and especially so with nitidula HNS , with which it may be synonymous, and distinguished as follows.

Major: concavity of occipital border very broad in frontal view; rugoreticulum less extensive on genae (than in nitidula HNS ); in dorsaloblique view, humerus lower than convexity that follows it; pronotum completely smooth and shiny. Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.06, HL 1.08, SL 0.64, EL 0.20, PW 0.56. Color Major: body concolorous medium reddish brown.

Range Known only from the type locality.

Biology Unknown.

Figure Lectotype, major. BRAZIL: Mogidas-Cruzes, Sao Paulo. Scale bar = 1 mm.