The Ants of Africa
Genus Pheidole
Pheidole kohli Mayr

speculifera-group - major head with convex sides but distinctly widest posteriorly

Pheidole kohli Mayr

Major - return to key Minor - return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Kenya (Pheidole kohli nov. spec., Mayr, 1901b: 11, footnote, major & minor); major & minor described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Mayr's (1901b) description is at {original description}.

Wheeler (1922) reported a single major from Medje, Zaïre (Lang and Chapin), without further data, which agrees very closely with Mayr's description of this species. Also Pheidole kohli Mayr, variety - A single imperfect major and five females, three of them winged, taken from the stomachs of a toad (Bufo regularis) and a frog (Rana ornatissima) from Garamba, (Lang and Chapin), appear to represent an undescribed variety or subspecies of kohli, the major being darker and having a distinctly narrower head. The pedicel, gaster and funiculi are, however, lacking in the single specimen of the major. It seems to be undesirable to base a new name on such defective material.

{Pheidole kohli}The photomontages are of specimens collected from Usambara Mts, Tanzania; Zigi Lodge, Amani NR; S 5°05' E 38°38'; 2200 m; Vasily Grebennikov, 9-11.x.2002. These seems a close match to the areniphila description but apparently are much darker. Note the collection data does not confirm the two forms are related. Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}
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