Pheidole laidlowi  
MAJOR HEAD  
pheidole laidlowi  
MAJOR SIDE  
pheidole laidlowi  
MINOR HEAD  
pheidole laidlowi  
MINOR SIDE  
pheidole laidlowi  

Species Notes:

A common, aggressive, mass-recruiting species. More common in floodplain forest, often found living in canopies. I have found interspecific variation in spine length (see photo below) -originally I separated these ants into two morphospecies but after observing a number of specimens and consulting with S. Cover I have grouped them all as laidlowi.

laidlowi spine variation  
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