The Ants of Africa
Genus Pheidole
Pheidole arnoldi Forel

arnoldi-group - head distinctly widest at anterior margin

{Pheidole arnoldi}

Pheidole arnoldi Forel

Major - return to key Minor - return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Zimbabwe (Forel, 1913a: 130, major & minor; Arnold, 1920a: 447, queen & male); subspecies ballaensis (Pheidole arnoldi var. ballaensis n.v., Arnold, 1920a: 448, major & minor) and rufescens (Pheidole arnoldi var. rufescens n.v., Arnold, 1920a: 449, major & minor) both from Zimbabwe; all forms described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1913a) description is at {original description}. Arnold's (1920a) translation is at {original description}; his description of the queen and male is at {original description}. Arnold's (1920a) description of ballaensis and rufescens is at {original description}.

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