Pheidole brunnescens, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 669

publication ID	20017
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6275386
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B9FBC5CE-6E23-0216-2654-DC0B0089D217
treatment provided by	Donat
scientific name	Pheidole brunnescens
status	new status

Treatment

Pheidole brunnescens HNS Santschi, new status

Pheidole bruchi var. brunnescens HNS Santschi 1929d: 285.

Types Naturhist. Mus. Basel.

Etymology ML brunnescens HNS , dusky, brown.

diagnosis Similar in various ways to balzani HNS , exarata HNS , excubitor HNS , fabricator HNS , germaini HNS , hispaniolae HNS , nigella HNS , prattorum HNS , sabina HNS , sarpedon HNS , tristis HNS , tristops HNS , and unicornis HNS , distinguished as follows.

Major: pronotal dorsum longitudinally carinulate, with carinulae near midline straight and those near margin curving; head in full-face view subrectangular, the posterior half of dorsal face smooth and shiny and anterior half carinulate; humerus in dorsaloblique view low and rounded; postpetiole from above diamond-shaped. Minor: unknown.

Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.56, HL 1.70, SL 0.80, EL 0.20, PW 0.92.

color Major: body light reddish brown, mandibles medium reddish brown, other appendages yellow.

Range Known only from the type series.

Biology Unknown.

Figure Unique holotype, major. BRAZIL: Rio Negro, Parana. (Minor unknown.) Scale bar = 1 mm.