Pheidole mixteca, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 460

Pheidole mixteca new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology After Mixtec, the Amerindian people of Oaxaca.

diagnosis Species similar in various traits to oaxacana , scabriventris , and tragica , and distinguished as follows. Major: yellow; pronotum bilobed in dorsal-oblique view; propodeal spine short, nearly vertical in dorsal-oblique view; petiolar node narrow in side view; rugoreticulum present between eye and antennal fossa; postpetiolar node broad and acutely subangular; humerus bearing a small patch of rugulae.

Minor: frontal lobes bulging forward in side view; propodeal spine short and nearly erect. Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.90, HL 1.00, SL 0.58, EL 0.16, PW 0.44. Paratype minor: HW 0.46, HL 0.56, SL 0.46, EL 0.08, PW 0.32.

Color Major: head and mandibles reddish yellow, gaster brownish yellow; other appendages medium yellow.

range Known only from the type series.

Biology Collected in the leaf litter of oak woodland.

figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. MEXICO: 30 km south of Juchatengo, Oaxaca, 650 m (Stewart B. Peck). Scale bars = 1 mm.