The Ants of Africa
Genus Pheidole
Pheidole maufei Arnold

megacephala-group - major - 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.

megacephala-subgroup - TL > 3.3 mm

Pheidole maufei Arnold

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Zimbabwe (Pheidole Maufei n. sp., Arnold, 1920a: 438, illustrated, major & minor) collected at Belingwe, Southern Rhodesia; major & minor described (see Bolton, 1995) .

{Pheidole maufei}Arnold's (1920a) description is at {original description} and {original description}. In Arnold's prelli-group.

Nest in a hole in a tree-trunk, about 1 m above ground, containing decayed leaves and earth.

Pheidole maufei majorThe photomontage of a syntype major worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901272.

{Pheidole maufei minor}The photomontage of a syntype minor worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901272 .

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