Pheidole floricola, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 423

Pheidole floricola new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology Old French, L floricola , flower inhabitant.

Diagnosis Similar in various traits to species listed in heading above, distinguished as follows.

Major: yellow; antennal scrobes present; rugoreticulum continuous all the way from the spaces between the eyes and antennal fossae posteriorly to and including the occiput; posterior half of sides and all of venter of head smooth; humerus in dorsal-oblique view subangulate; apex of petiolar node in side view very broad and rounded; all of pronotal dorsum carinulate, and rest of mesosoma solely foveolate; antennal funiculi with abundant, very long, erect hairs; femora swollen.

Minor: humeri with paired equilateral teeth, each of which bears a single long hair; posterior and lateral margins of head and all of mesosoma foveolate.

Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.80, HL 0.82, SL 0.46, EL 0.10, PW 0.44. Paratype minor: HW 0.46, HL 0.50, SL 0.42, EL 0.08, PW 0.30. color Major and minor:, concolorous medium yellow.

Range Known only from the type locality.

Biology Collected "inside philodendron fruit."

Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. HONDURAS: La Ceiba, Depto. Atlantida (collector unknown, probably W. L. Brown). Scale bars = 1 mm.