Pheidole tijucana Borgmeier Pheidole tijucana Borgmeier 1927b: 59. Types Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard. Etymology Named after the type locality. diagnosis A member of the " jujuyensis complex" of the larger fallax group, comprising araneoides, cuevasi, durionei, jujuyensis, kugleri, leonina, leptina, lucretii, lupus, paraensis, punctithorax, tijucana, wallacei, and wolfringi. P. tijucana is distinguished as follows. Major: scape just attains occipital border; most of occiput vertex, and frontal lobes smooth and shiny; a small cluster of short longitudinal carinulae are gathered around midline at occiput; rugoreticulum on each side of head extends from eye to antennal fossa, anteriorly halfway between eye and anterior border of head, and posteriorly to halfway between eye and occipital border; mesopleuron and most of propodeum carinulate; propodeal spines equilaterally triangular. Minor: propodeal spines reduced to denticle; occiput constricted to neck with broad nuchal collar. Measurements (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.48, HL 1.54, SL 1.08, EL 0.22, PW 0.76. Paratype minor: HW 0.58, HL 0.74, SL 1.14, EL 0.16, PW 0.44. Color Major: concolorous rich reddish brown. Minor: plain light brown except for head, which has a darker, reddish shade. range Known only from the type locality. Biology Unknown. figure Upper: syntype, major. Lower: syntype, minor. BRAZIL: Tijuca, Guanabara, Rio de Janeiro. 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 355