Pheidologeton kunensis (Santschi) Ettershank
  Type location Namibia
(Pheidologeton arnoldi n. sp., Santschi, 1928f: 198,
illustrated, major, minor & queen; replacement name Ettershank,
1966: 119) - see minor below
Major, minor & queen only described (see Bolton,
1995)  .
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 Santschi's
(1928f) description is at  and  .
Ettershank (1966: 118-9) gave a global list of Pheidologeton
species. This included - "kunensis, nom. nov. pro Pheidologeton
arnoldi Santschi, 1928d: p. 198, nec Forel, 1914d, p 242 (see under
Oligomyrmex). S. W. Africa". The Forel reference was
to "Pheidologeton perpusillum Em. r . Arnoldi n.st."
that now is Oligomyrmex
perpusillus subspecies arnoldianus.
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 The photomontage of
a major, from Namibia is
collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0005919
Collection Information: Specimen Code CASENT0005919 Locality Namibia:
Kaokoland: Outjo; 19°24'36"N 014°38'00"E 200 m; Collection codes:
BLF01769; Date: 26 Jul 1998; Collected by: B.L.Fisher; Method: EL12
ground forager(s); Habitat: savannah woodland
Note the major from Angola shown at http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0900740
appears to be a distinct species. Even if it is a media worker, the
head proportions are different to the type description, as is the paler
colour and the relative abundance of quite long erect hairs.
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The photomontage of
a syntype minor is
collated from 
The photomontage of
what appears to be a mixture of parts of a queen is
collated from