The Ants of Africa
Genus Pheidole
Pheidole foreli Mayr

megacephala-group - Major - head width and length equal or subequal; mandibles relatively slender, with at most reduced teeth or denticles; postpetiole trapezoidal but without elongated lateral prominences. Minors without or variable development of a nuchal collar.

megacephala-subgroup - TL > 3.3 mm

Pheidole foreli Mayr

Major - return to key Minor - return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Africa (Mayr, 1901b: 8, major & minor; Forel, 1910f: 12, queen); subspecies pubens (Forel, 1910f: 12, major & minor; Forel, 1910e: 436, queen & male); all forms described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Mayr's (1901b) description is at {original description}. Forel's (1910f) brief description of pubens is at {original description}. Forel's (1910e) fuller description of pubens is at {original description}. Arnold (1920a: 432) gave a translation, this is at {original description} and, with pubens, at {original description}.

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