Pheidole ruspolii Emery

Type location Ethiopia (Pheidole crassinoda, Emery subsp. Ruspolii n. subsp, Emery, 1897e: 597, major & minor; Forel, 1907c: 138, male; Arnold, 1920a: 475, queen - but see notes at the bottom) from Ethiopia, Ghari Bule
all forms known (see Bolton, 1995) .

Emery's (1897e) description is at . Forel's (1907c) description of the ruspolii male is at .

The photomontage of a type collection major is collated from http://antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0904212.

The photomontage of a type collection minor is collated from http://antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0904213 .

Oxford University Museum specimens

Pheidole ruspolii B Taylor det.	Ethiopia A Pauly	1-10.x.2012 Abijata N.P. 7°30' N 38°30' E	1635 m Yellow pan trap	2
Pheidole ruspolii B Taylor det.	Ethiopia Serge Guiraud	20.i.2010 Jinka 05°47' N 38°05' E	1490 m; 17 h; hand collected	1

The photomontage is of a major worker from Ethiopia, Jinka, collector Serge Guiraud. This matches the description given by Menozzi & Consani (1952).

TL (M&C) 8.7-9.0, HL = HW 3.0; "a subspecies very distinct from the type Ph. sculpturata and probably will be elevated to species when better known". Unfortunately, Menozzi & Consani wrote nothing about the minor workers that were associated with the majors.

This major: TL ca 8.0 mm, HL 2.90, HW 2.80, SL1.40, PW 1.10; CI 95, SI 52

The photomontage is of a minor worker from Ethiopia; collector A Pauly.

Arnold (1920a) gave an illustrated translation of ruspolii, this is at and .

I retain these here as a record but think Arnold's identification as ruspolii was wrong

The photomontage of the Arnold type queen is collated from http://antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0904212.

The photomontage of the Arnold type male is collated from http://antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0904212.