The Ants of Africa
Genus Pheidole
Pheidole xocensis Forel

rugaticeps group - major postpetiole scarcely or not wider than long, rounded or at most slightly angled at sides

Pheidole xocensis Forel

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Zimbabwe (Pheidole Xocensis, n. sp., Forel, 1913j: 213, major & minor) Xoce River, G Arnold - see below
subspecies bulawayensis (Pheidole Xocensis For. v. bulawayensis n. v., Forel, 1913j: 215, major & minor) from Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, G Arnold - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0907841.
Major and minor described (see Bolton, 1995) .

{Pheidole xocensis}Forel's (1913j) description is at {original description}. Arnold (1920a: 443) gave an illustrated translation, this is at {original description}. Forel's (1913j) description of bulawayensis is at {original description}. Arnold (1920a: 445) gave a translation, this is at {original description}.

Pheidole xocensis majorThe photomontage of a major worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901293.

{Pheidole xocensis minor}The photomontage of a syntype minor worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901292.

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