Pheidole neutralis Santschi - new status

Type location Guinea (Pheidole occipitalis André stirps neutralis n. st., Santschi, 1914d: 336, major & minor) collected at Camayenne by F. Silvestri
major & minor described .

Santschi's (1914d) description of neutralis is at .

Separable from Pheidole occipitalis by the darker colour and on the major the spiculate sculpture on the postpetiole and base of the gaster.

The photomontage of a type major worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0913378.

The photomontage of a type minor worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0913379.

Oxford University Museum Collection records

The photomontage is of a major worker from Ghana, Forest Reserve, 2006; collector Sky Stephens (06G0061)

The photomontage is of a minor worker from Gabon, Pongara National Park; Savane Pointe Denis; collectors L Volait & L V Guieu (Gabon 21).