Pheidole maja Forel Pheidole major Forel 1886b: xvliii. Types Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneve; Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard. Etymology Possibly Gr maia, good mother, nurse. Diagnosis a member of the fallax group somewhat similar to the species listed in the heading above, distinguished as follows. Major: very sparse pilosity, with no hairs on full-face profde (types may be degraded); head elliptical in profde, narrowing conspicuously in side view; in dorsal-oblique view, pronotal profile smoothly convex; petiolar node in side view low; postpetiole from above trapezoidal; sides of pronotum sparsely foveolate. Minor: occipital margin in full-face view convex; carinulae present along lateral margins of frontal lobes. Measurements (mm) Lectotype major: HW 1.22, HL 1.30, SL 0.80, EL 0.22, PW 0.62. Paralectotype minor: HW 0.62, HL 0.74, SL 0.82, EL 0.14, PW 0.44. color Major: concolorous light reddish brown. Minor: concolorous plain medium brown. range Known only from the type locality. Biology Unknown. Figure Upper: lectotype, major. Lower: paralectotype, minor. GUATEMALA: Ciudad de Guatemala. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Published as part of Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Cambridge, MA :Harvard University Press on page 322