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Species: Pheidole jtl153

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Distribution Notes:

Costa Rica.

Biology:

With same characters as P. indagatrix, but major worker with yellow head. Minor workers tend to have the occipital carina thinner relative to indagatrix. Similar species: indagatrix.

Identification:

With same characters as P. indagatrix, but major worker with yellow head. Minor workers tend to have the occipital carina thinner relative to indagatrix.

Similar species: indagatrix.

Comments:

Longino notes, 11 Nov 2013:

This appears to be an arboreal version of Pheidole indagatrix. The most distinctive separatory character is the yellow head of the major. All P. indagatrix majors have dark brown heads. I cannot reliably distinguish minor workers of indagatrix, JTL153, and sebofila.

Pheidole rubiceps is an indagatrix-like species from Venezuela that has a contrasting read head. But the minor worker of this species has a flared occipital carina.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in secondgrowth rainforest, 2 times found in Entre SHO y SSE, 1 times found in Entre LOC y SAT.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times ex Goethalsia meiantha, 1 times Collecting in 4-day old treefall, same one as 18 July collections. CCL 300. Thes.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 4 times Fogging.

Elevations: collected at 50 m

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