The Ants of Africa
Genus Pheidole
Pheidole retronitens Santschi

saxicola-group (speculatively) - major postpetiole squamiform (with anterior ventral blunt process),

Pheidole retronitens Santschi

Major - return to key Minor - return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Zaïre (Santschi, 1930a: 59, major & minor) collected at Kasai, N'gombe, by Dr Schouteden, 17.xii.1921; major & minor described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Santschi's (1930a) description is at {original description}.

{Pheidole retronitens minor}The photomontage is of a minor from the Central African Republic, Dzanga-Sangha NP; 14.10.2008 Journée Camp 1 03°03'58.3" N 16°08'59.6" E 528 m Au camp; collector Philippe Annoyer, other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description} These match the Santschi (1910c) description exactly

{Pheidole retronitens minor} The photomontage is of a minor specimen from Ghana, collected by Sky Stephens, 2006. Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}

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