Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr

Type location South Africa (Pheidole tenuinodis nov. spec., Mayr, 1901b: 10, major & minor; Arnold, 1920a: 430, queen) Bothaville - see below
subspecies
bothae (Pheidole Foreli Mayr r. Bothae n. stirps, Forel, 1901h: 62, major & minor; race of tenuinodis, Santschi, 1914e: 22, queen, record not description) from South Africa - no images on Antweb (February 2016)
robusta (Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr var. robusta n. var., Stitz, 1923: 154, all forms) from Namibia - no images on Antweb (February 2016)
? sipapomae (Pheidole tenuinodis, Mayr, var. sipapomae, n. v., Arnold, 1920a: 430, major & minor) from Zimbabwe - see below
major, minor and queen described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Mayr's (1901b) description is at . Arnold's (1920a) translation and description of the queen is at . Forel's (1901h) description of bothae is at . Arnold's (1920a) description of sipapomae is at . Stitz's (1923) description of robusta is at .

The range of specimens I now have show a variation in colour from the type red-brown to quite dark brown.  This is shown by samples collected separately but within the same countries. The morphology, however, seems identical in the case of both major and minor workers.

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

The photomontage of the type minor worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=0922203.

The photomontage is of a possible queen from Central African Republic; Dzangha Sangha National Park; collector Philippe Annoyer (CAR PAA 3).

Major Workers - Minor Workers

Oxford University Museum Collection records