Pheidole sarpedon, Wilson, E. O., 2003

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press : 749

Pheidole sarpedon new species

Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.

Etymology Gr Sarpedon , mythical commander of Priam's Lycian allies.

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

Major: reddish yellow; occipital cleft deep and rounded; postpetiolar venter with prominent forward-directed lobe; humerus in dorsaloblique view elevated prominently as a lobe; propodeal spines vertical to propodeal basal face; carinulae cover anterior half of dorsal head surface, and those mesad to eye bend inward; postpetiolar node from above conulate. Minor: unknown.

Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.46, HL 1.60, SL 0.80, EL 0.14, PW 0.68.

Color Major: body medium to dark reddish yellow, mandibles and antennal scapes reddish brown, legs light reddish yellow.

Range Known only from the type locality.

biology Unknown.

Figure Holotype, major. ECUADOR: Limoncocha, Napo, 250 m (Stewart B. and Jarmila Kukalova-Peck). (Minor unknown.) Scale bar = 1 mm.