Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Middle American Wet Forest Author Longino, John T. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-05-06 4599 1 1 126 journal article 26920 10.11646/zootaxa.4599.1.1 ea727a9b-324b-4c6b-a625-bc7cdd204473 1175-5326 2668058 7CDD24FF-5BA3-4D06-898D-A3E220515D4C Pheidole hitoy new species ( Plate 38 ) Pheidole JTL-245: morphospecies code previously used on AntWeb. HOLOTYPE : 1 major worker, Costa Rica , Limón : Res. Biol. Hitoy-Cerere, 9.66824 -83.02232 ± 50 m , 170 m , 12-Jun-2015 , tropical rainforest, at bait (ADMAC, Ba-E- 02-2-02-15 ) [ MUCR , unique specimen identifier CASENT0644296] . PARATYPES : major and minor worker: same data as holotype [ JTLC , MCZC , MUCR ] ; same data except 9.6671 -83.02202 ± 50 m , 180 m (Ba-E- 02-2-04-06 ) [ CAS , DZUP , JTLC , USNM ] . Geographic range. Costa Rica . Diagnosis. Minor : face smooth and shining; head rounded behind, with thin occipital carina; promesonotal groove present, distinctly impressed; anterior face of pronotum foveolate with a few transverse carinulae dorsal face smooth and shining, lateral face mostly smooth with some faint foveolation along ventral margin; katepisternum foveolate; propodeal spines long and thin, about as long as posterior face of propodeum; gaster smooth and shining; mesosomal and gastral dorsum with abundant flexuous erect setae; tibiae with erect setae; color red brown. Major : inner hypostomal teeth widely spaced, acicular; scape base terete; face mostly smooth and shining, with longitudinal carinulae between eye and frontal carinae, irregular faint patches of foveolation elsewhere; propodeal spines about as long as posterior face of propodeum; gastral dorsum smooth and shining; side of head with erect setae; mesosomal and gastral dorsum with abundant flexuous erect setae; tibiae with erect setae. Measurements, minor worker : HW 0.58, HL 0.70, SL 0.93, EL 0.14, WL 0.92, PSL 0.15, PTW 0.10, PPW 0.17, CI 82, SI 162, PSLI 27, PPI 162 (n=2). Measurements, major worker : HW 1.18, HL 1.28, SL 0.96, EL 0.18, WL 1.20, PSL 0.17, PTW 0.19, PPW 0.28, CI 92, SI 81, PSLI 14, PPI 149 (n=2). Biology. This species occurs in lowland rainforest. Minor and major workers recruit to ground baits. Comments . This species is very similar to P. indagatrix , differing in the longer propodeal spines (minor worker PSLI ~27 vs. <20). Etymology : From the type locality.