The Ants of Africa
Genus Pheidole
Pheidole hewitti Santschi

buchholzi-group - major head ovoid, widest at mid-point of length

{Pheidole hewitti}

Pheidole hewitti Santschi

Major - return to key Minor - return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Africa (Santschi, 1932a: 382, illustrated, major & minor); also same specimens described as Pheidole capensis Mayr var. Hewitti n . var. (Arnold, 1944: 6, major & minor; junior synonym by Arnold, 1952a: 462); major & minor described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Santschi's (1932a) description is at {original description}. Arnold's (1944) description is at {original description}. Arnold's (1952a) revisionary notes are at {original description}.

From Arnold's argument (1952a), it seems that this should be reduced to a subspecies of capensis.
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