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 kuna new species Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard. Etymology Kuna , Amerindian tribe of the San Bias region. Diagnosis a very small, bicolorous member of the flavens group close to flavens , with which it may be synonymous, and tayrona , distinguished from both in the major, which has a distinctive bicolorous body and angulate mesonotum. See also breviseta , hizemops , lignicola , micon , and tenebra . measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 0.68, HL 0.74, SL 0.40, EL 0.08, PW 0.34. Paratype minor: HW 0.36, HL 0.40, SL 0.34, EL 0.06, PW 0.24. color Major and minor: gaster and postpetiole light brown; rest of body and appendages reddish yellow. Range Known only from the type series. Biology In rainforest. Figure Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. PANAMA: Nusagandi, San Bias Province (Leeanne E. Tennant-Alonso). Scale bars = 1 mm.