Pheidole aper

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, pp. 646-778 : 655

Pheidole aper Forel

Pheidole aper Forel 1912g: 227.

Types Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneve.

Etymology L aper , wild boar, allusion uncertain, but may refer to tusk-like protrusion on head of major.

diagnosis Similar in various traits to bambusarum , brevicona , dyctiota , laeviventris , lutzi , risii , rugatula , senilis , sigillata , trachyderma , and traini , differing as follows.

Major: all of head except for frontal triangle and mid-clypeus but including occiput and all of pronotum rugoreticulate; seen from the side, frontal lobes and genal corners extended as triangular processes; postpetiole from above conulate.

Minor: all of posterior half of head and all of promesonotum rugoreticulate; occiput broad, lacking a nuchal collar.

Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.46, HL 1.56, SL 0.66, EL 0.14, PW 0.80.

Paralectotype minor: HW 0.64, HL 0.66, SL 0.66, EL 0.10, PW 0.46.

color Major: gaster brownish yellow; rest of body medium reddish brown, tending toward dark reddish brown at anterior margin of head capsule; mandibles dark reddish brown; antennae medium reddish brown; legs brownish yellow. Minor: head and mesosoma light reddish brown; waist, gaster, and appendages brownish yellow.

Range Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Biology Unknown.

Figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. BRAZIL: Colonia Alpina, Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro. Scale bars = 1 mm.