Pheidole rohani Santschi

Major - Minor - Type location Angola (Pheidole Rohani n. sp., Santschi, 1925h: 160, illustrated, minor; Santschi, 1930b: 62, major); subspecies monardi (Pheidole monardi n. sp., Santschi, 1930b: 65, illustrated, minor; stirps Santschi, 1937d: 219) and pellax (Pheidole rohani Sants. st. pellax, n.st., Santschi, 1930b: 63, illustrated, major & minor) both also from Angola; major & minor described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Santschi's (1925h) description is at . Santschi's (1930b) description, is at ; with monardi and pellax at and . The reduction of monardi from species to "stirps" or subspecies by Santschi (1937d, he uses both in the same sentence) is accompanied by the note that monardi is a little bigger and the head more reticulate behind.

The photomontage is of a minor specimen from Congo, Brazzaville, t 1.16; 19.viii.2007; 24 h pitfall trap; collected Yves Braet & Eric Zassi.

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The photomontage is of a minor specimen from Congo, Brazzaville, t 1.15; 19.viii.2007; 24 h pitfall trap; collected Yves Braet & Eric Zassi. This appears to match the "variety" pellax and to differ quite significantly from the type, notably in being much smaller, which matches the Santschi statement of size.

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The photomontage is of a worker from Congo, Réserve de Lésio-Louna, S 03°27'80.4" E 015°46'54.5"; n sp 17; pitfall trap 9, t 3; 23-24.xi.2007; wooded savannah; collected by Eric Zassi.

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