The Ants of Africa
Genus Pheidole
Pheidole variolosa Emery

variolosa-group - head with restricted frontal striations and parallel-sided

{Pheidole variolosa}

Pheidole variolosa Emery

Soldier - return to key Minor - return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Somalia (Emery, 1892a: 113, worker; Menozzi, 1930b: 82, soldier); soldier and worker described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Emery's (1892a) description is at {original description}. Menozzi's (1930b) description is at {original description}.

{Pheidole variolosa major}Soldier

The photomontages are of specimens from Gabon, Pongara National Park; 8.viii.2006; 72 h Winkler Funnel of leaf litter; collected by Yves Braet. Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}

{Pheidole variolosa minor}Minor
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