The Ants of Africa
Genus Pheidole
Pheidole areniphila Forel

teneriffana-group - Major distinguished particularly by the transverse metanotal welt; head with longitudinal striations or rugae, long frontal carinae with more or less distinct shallow scrobes; mandibles with two short apical teeth

Pheidole areniphila Forel

Major - return to key Minor - return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Botswana (Forel, 1910a: 14 [30 in Bolton 1995], footnote; replacement name for arenicola, Forel, 1910f: 11, all forms); subspecies aurora (Pheidole areniphila For. v. aurora n. var., Santschi, 1928f: 204, major) from Tanzania; all forms described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1910f) description is at {original description}. In the paper referenced as "1910a", Forel refers to the (already) published description of a species from the Kalahari for which he used the name arenicola without realising that had been applied to a subspecies of Pheidole fallax Mayr. Arnold (1920a: 479) gave a translation of Forel's (1910f) description, this is at {original description}. Santschi's (1928f) description of aurora is at {original description}.

Overall the description appears to differ very little, if at all, from Pheidole teneriffana.

{Pheidole areniphila major} The photomontage is of a major worker from Kenya, Subukia; 0°0'42.9"N 36°14'52.3"E; collectors Dupont & Braet, 24.iii-11.iv.2010.

Other images can be seen in the folder at {original description}.

{Pheidole areniphila minor} The photomontage is of a minor worker from Kenya, Subukia; 0°0'42.9"N 36°14'52.3"E; collectors Dupont & Braet, 24.iii-11.iv.2010.
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