The Ants of Africa
Genus Pheidole
Pheidole rotundata Forel

crassinoda group; with cordiform (heart-shaped) head - Arnold (1920a) group H

{Pheidole megacephala rotundata}

Pheidole rotundata Forel

Soldier - return to key Minor - return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Mozambique (Forel, 1894b: 92, soldier & worker; Arnold, 1920a: 426, male and illustrated notes; Santschi, 1932a: 384, queen); note Emery, 1915j: 236, regarded it as a subspecies of megacephala but Arnold (1920a) had it as a full species and it clearly differs, amongst other facts being much larger, from megacephala; all forms described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1894b) description is at {original description}. Arnold's (1920a) translation of rotundata is at {original description}. Under megacephala ilgii, Arnold (1920a) noted the head of the rotundata soldier is widest in posterior fourth. Santschi's (1932a) description of the queen is at {original description}.

{Pheidole rotundata}The photomontage is of a specimen collected from Usambara Mts, Tanzania; Zigi Lodge, Amani NR; S 5°05' E 38°38'; 2200 m; Vasily Grebennikov, 9-11.x.2002. Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}

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