The Ants of Africa
Genus Pheidole
Pheidole bequaerti Forel

termitophila group - Major - head longer than wide by at least 25%; mandibles very stout with dentate border and distinct apical teeth; clypeus with at least a shallow central notch; postpetiole with distinct lateral prominences; minor head square; major and minor with relatively swollen three-segmented club

Pheidole bequaerti Forel

Soldier - return to key Minor - return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Zaïre (Forel, 1913b: 330, soldier & worker) collected at Lake Kabwe, by J. Bequaert; soldier and worker described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1913b) description is at {original description}.

From the description, apart from the form of the head in profile, this seems probably to be the senior synonym of Pheidole nigritella.
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