Pheidole redbankensis Forel new status
  Type location Zimbabwe
(Pheidole
Prelli For. r. redbankensis
n. stirps, Forel, 1913a:
128, major & minor) from Bulawayo, G Arnold - see below
unavailable name politocciput
(Pheidole Prelli For. stirps redbankensis For. var. politocciput, n. var., Santschi,
1916b: 503, major & minor) from Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls, G
Arnold - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0913397
all forms
described (see Bolton, 1995)  .
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The redbankensis type major is quite
different to that of prelli.
It is the form shown in Arnold's drawing of "P. prelli" (1920) and has
a shorter head that is widest at the occiput (as drawn by Arnold, 1920)
and not an elongated oval; with very different sculpture; the
postpetiole is much wider, a flattened triangle from above. The minor
has a similar gross morphology but again differs significantly; the
mandibles are more formidable, there is a well defined nuchal collar
(not on prelli), the
propodeal spines are slightly large and the postpetiole is swollen in
profile and from above
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 Forel's (1913a) description of redbankensis
is at  . Santschi's (1916b)
description of politocciput is at  . Arnold (1920a: 434) gave an illustrated
translation of redbankensis, this is at  and  . Arnold (1920a: 436) gave a translation of
politocciput, this is at  .
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 The photomontage of
the type major worker is collated
from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0907829.
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 The photomontage of
the
type minor worker is collated
from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0907830.
Note: My images and those at ttp://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0217089
include a dark minor worker.
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Pheidole prelli
B Taylor det. |
Cameroun
A Fotso Kuate
fk unmounted 60
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28.vii.2010
Nko’ondo
03°54'30" N
11°25'58" E
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 The
photomontage is of a minor worker from Cameroun, Nko'ondo;
collector A
Fotso Kuate (fk unmounted 60).
Perhaps darker than the type minor but this has a has
similar swollen postpetiole and distinct nuchal collar.
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