Pheidole eidmanni Menozzi

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, pp. 258-364 : 289

Pheidole eidmanni Menozzi

Pheidole eidmanni Menozzi 1926c: 69.

Types Institute di Entomologia "Guido Grandi."

Etymology Named after the entomologist H. Eidmann.

Diagnosis A member of the fallax group, similar in different characters to bergi , cordiceps , nitidula , and pampana , and especially so with nitidula , 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 ); 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.