Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Author Wilson, E. O. text 2003 Harvard University Press Cambridge, MA http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu/HymOnline/reference-full.html?id=20017 book 20017 Pheidole napoensis new species Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard. Etymology Named after the Ecuadoran province of origin. Diagnosis A striking, large member of the tristis complex, similar to bellatrix of Colombia and more distantly so to pepo , rotundiceps , sphaerica , and subsphaerica , variously from Colombia and Ecuador, and distinguished as follows. Major: promesonotum in side view forms a very large hump towering over the propodeum; antennal scrobes present; humeri very broad and rugoreticulate; postpetiolar node conulate; a patch of rugoreticulum present behind and below the eye. Minor: unknown. Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.70, HL 1.70, SL 0.72, EL 0.20, PW 0.92. Color Major: body and mandibles very dark reddish brown, other appendages brownish yellow. Range Known only from the type locality. Biology Unknown. Figure Unique holotype, major. ECUADOR: 20 kilometers south of Tena, Napo, 600 m (Stewart and Jarmila Kukalova-Peck). Scale bar = 1 mm.