Pheidole acantha Eguchi 2001

Pheidole acantha Eguchi, 2001 Pheidole acantha Eguchi, 2001: 25-27. Type material examined: BMNH, MCZC, MSNG, NHMW, UMS; Malaysia, Sabah, Taman Kinabalu (KPHQ); K. Eguchi leg. [colony No.: Eg 97 -BOR- 404, type images: CASENT0901618 and CASENT0901619 of AntWeb (http://www.antweb.org/)]. Nontype material examined: ACEG; Malaysia, Sabah, Taman Kinabalu (KPHQ); K. Eguchi leg. [Eg 97 - BOR- 377 (Accession No. LC 020538: voucher specimen No. Ext 20131019 - 10), - 386], Mt. Kinabalu, ca. 1500 m alt., T. Kikuta leg. [7 IV 0714- 1 -B 1; 15 Q 12 S3, 15Q 22 B 5; 118 AC, 177 A, 179 A, 185 A], Mt. Kinabalu, ca. 1800 m alt., T. Kikuta leg. [593 A, 604 A, 607 A, 617 A, 626 A, 664 A, 668 A, 873 A]. Distinction from P. leloi: In the major, promesonotal dome with a conspicuous transverse ridge on its posterior slope; ventral face of petiole without a longitudinal carina. In the minor, dorsum of mesosoma in profile bearing less than 10 standing hairs.
Published as part of Katsuyuki Eguchi, Bui Tuan Viet, Emiko Oguri & Seiki Yamane, 2016, The first discovery of the " Pheidole quadricuspis group " in the Indo-Chinese Peninsula (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), pp. 45-55 in Revue suisse de Zoologie 123 (1) on pages 49-51, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.46289
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