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Pheidole sospesHNS Forel, new status

Pheidole anastasii var. sospesHNS Forel 1908h: 381. Syn.: Pheidole minutissima KusnezovHNS 1952d: 69, 78, n. syn.

Types Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneve.

Etymology L sospesHNS, saving, delivering, significance unknown.

Diagnosis A medium-sized, yellow member of the flavensHNS group; the major has shallow but well-developed antennal scrobes; rugoreticulation across all of the occiput; a small mesonotal convexity, and angulate lateral postpetiolar margins, as well as posteriorly directed propodeal spine and rugoreticulate humerus. Resembles ademoniaHNS and peltastesHNS, but easily distinguished by many features of sculpturing, development of the scrobe, and presence in the major of the mesonotal convexity, as illustrated. Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 0.84, HL 0.92, SL 0.44, EL 0.12, PW 0.44. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.44, HL 0.46, SL 0.42, EL 0.08, PW 0.30.

color Major: appendages and gaster clear yellow, rest of body a slightly contrasting reddish yellow ("orange"). Minor: concolorous clear yellow.

Range Sao Paulo, Brazil; Misiones (El Dorado) in extreme northeastern Argentina; and Cuzco Amazonico, near Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru.

biology At Cuzco Amazonico, Stefan Cover and John E. Tobin collected four colonies, all in terra firme forest, nesting in small rotten sticks on the forest floor.

Figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. BRAZIL: Sao Paulo. Scale bars = 1 mm.