The Ants of Africa
Genus Pheidole
Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr - major workers

Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr - major workers

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Pheidole tenuinodis majorThe photomontage of the type major worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0922204.


{Pheidole tenuinodis major} The photomontage is of a major worker from Ivory Coast; Tay National Park; 18.v.2014,collector E Dupont. Exactly matches the type form.


Pheidole tenuinodis sipapomae majorThe photomontage of a major worker of tenuinodis sipapomae is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901303.


{Pheidole tenuinodis major} The photomontage is of a major worker from Cameroun; Djazeng; aphid survey; collector A Fotso Kuate (fk unmounted 74).

Size and form exactly match the sipapomae major (shown above). Arnold (1920) gave the sipapomae major as TL 5.3 mm, "Larger than the type of the species", with the majors from Victoria Falls a little larger, TL 5.6 mm, and a good deal darker.


{Pheidole tenuinodis major} The photomontage is of a major worker from Cameroun; CDC-Tiko; aphid survey; collector A Fotso Kuate (fk unmounted 04).


{Pheidole tenuinodis major} The photomontage is of a major worker from Central African Republic; CDC-Tiko; aphid survey; collector P Annoyer (CAR DF 04).

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