The Ants of Africa
Genus Pheidole
Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr

rugaticeps group - postpetiole scarcely or not wider than long, rounded or at most slightly angled at sides

Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr

Soldier - return to key Minor - return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Africa (Mayr, 1901b: 10, soldier & worker; Arnold, 1920a: 430, queen); subspecies bothae (Forel, 1901h: 62, soldier & worker; Santschi, 1914e: 22, queen) from South Africa, robusta (Stitz, 1923: 154, all forms) from Namibia, and sipapomae (Arnold, 1920a: 430, soldier & worker) from Zimbabwe; soldier, worker and queen described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Mayr's (1901b) description is at {original description}. Arnold's (1920a) translation and description of the queen is at {original description}. Arnold's (1920a) description of sipapomae is at {original description}.

{Pheidole tenuinodis minor} The photomontage is of a minor from Gabon, Pongara National Park; Gabon 31; 26.v.2006; N 0°03.195' E 9°23.058'; degraded forest and under closed canopy; collector S Latour; also others collected by Yves Braet, 2006. A somewhat speculative identification. Other images can be seen in the folders at - {original description}, {original description}, {original description}, {original description} and {original description}

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