Pheidole sinaitica Mayr
Soldier - 
Minor -
Type location Egypt (Mayr, 1862: 745, soldier &
worker; Magretti, 1884: 542, queen; Finzi, 1936: 163, queen);
subspecies santschii (Forel, 1907b: 204, soldier &
worker) from "La Mecque", Tunisia; soldier and
worker described (see Bolton, 1995)
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Mayr's (1862) description is at
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Mayr (1904b: 6) gave further notes with his description of "Pheidole
sinaitica Mayr subsp laticeps now synonymized with
Pheiole jordanica
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Forel's (1907b) description of santschii is at
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Forel noted it compared with rugaticeps.
Francis Gilbert has translated the Mayr (1904b) description as -
To complete the description of Ph. sinaitica Mayr given
by me in 1862, at which time only a few Pheidole species
had been definitively established, I add here [descriptions] valid
both for the type ssp and for the ssp laticeps:
Soldier: The head with a rather long, not sparse pubescence. The
upper mandible exteriorly on the base coarsely longitudinally
striped. All flagellar segments longer than thick, but the 2nd
segment often only very little longer than thick. The basal
surface of the medial segments with a strong longitudinal groove.
Worker: Pubescence of the head sparse. Head oval, somewhat longer
than broad, rounded behind the eyes, but rounded off [?
ausgerandet] at the head articulation, which is about 1/3 as broad
as the head. The scape (antennal stem) lying backwards surpasses
easily the rear edge of the head, all flagellar segments longer
than thick. The transverse bulge behind the mesonotum weak or very
distinct.
Known from Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia but probably not
found in true sub-Saharan Africa.
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 The
photomontages are of specimens from Egypt, the
photomontages are of specimens collected and identified by Mostafa
Sharat, from Ghazal Is, Aswan; E 32°53' N 24°05';
2.v.2002. Other images can be seen in the folder at -
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Worker