The Ants of Africa
Genus Pheidole
Pheidole decarinata Santschi

megacephala-group - Major - head width and length equal or subequal; mandibles relatively slender, with at most reduced teeth or denticles; postpetiole trapezoidal but without elongated lateral prominences. Minors without or variable development of a nuchal collar.

minima subgroup - TL < 3.3 mm

Pheidole decarinata Santschi

Major - return to key Minor - return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Mali (Pheidole decarinata n. sp., Santschi, 1929f: 86, major, minor & queen) collected at Koulouba, French Sudan, by Andrieu; major, minor and queen described (see Bolton, 1995, note country wrongly given as Sudan, see Geography) .

Santschi's (1929f) description is at {original description}. Apparently close to Pheidole corticicola.

{Pheidole decarinata major ?} The photomontage is of a major specimen from Gabon, Pongara National Park, Gabon 34, 17.v-9.vi.2006; Malase trap under trees; collected by Yves Braet. This appears to match the Santschi description, notably the deep longitudinal impression of the front of the head and the lateral margination of the propodeum. Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}

{Pheidole decarinata minor ?} The photomontage is of a minor specimen from Cameroun, at 30 km east of Poli, in the soudano-guinean savannah (McKey Wolbachia project) - Cameroon 126c, 15 June 2001. Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}

{Pheidole decarinata minor}The photomontage is of a minor specimen from Congo, Iboubikro, 25.i.2008, collectors Yves Braet & Eric Zassi, tree savannah 24 h pitfall trap in the folder at - {original description}.

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