= JTL-095
Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
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Identification
Minor worker: head length 0.49mm, head width 0.47mm, scape length 0.44mm, Webers length 0.58mm (n=1). Head flattened behind, shallowly excavate; mesonotal suture absent; propodeal spines moderately long, spiniform; face uniformly foveolate, abrupt transition to smooth and shiny undersurface of head; pronotum smooth and shining; propodeal dorsum smooth and shining; katepisternum foveolate around margins, smooth and shining medially; side of propodeum foveolate dorsally, smooth and shining ventrally; first gastral tergum smooth and shining; dorsal pilosity sparse, moderately long, flexuous; color orange.
Range
Costa Rica: Monteverde.
Natural History
Inhabits cloud forest; known from three Winkler samples from various sites around Monteverde and one bait from a pasture/forest margin. Ryan Burtoft, a student from the Evergreen State College, was carrying out the baiting program.
Comments
The minor workers of this species have been collected various times, and appear to be a yellow version of Pheidole monteverdensis. The holotype is a major worker from one of Ryan Burtoft's baits.
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA. longinoj@evergreen.edu
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