The Ants of Africa
Genus Pheidole
Pheidole kitschneri Forel

megacephala-group - Soldier - 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.

minima subgroup - TL < 3.3 mm

Pheidole kitschneri Forel

Soldier - return to key Minor - return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Africa (Forel, 1910e: 436, soldier & worker; Santschi, 1914b: 76, queen); soldier, worker and queen described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1910e) description is at {original description}. Arnold (1920a: 479) gave a translation, this is at {original description}

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