Pheidole spinulosa Forel

Major - Minor - Type location Lesotho (Forel, 1910e: 438, all forms; subspecies conigera (Pheidole spinulosa Forel, subsp. conigera n. subsp., Forel, 1910e: 440, major) from South Africa, messalina (Pheidole spinulosa Forel, subsp. Messalina n. subsp., Forel, 1910e: 440, major & male) from Lesotho; also unavailable names nexa (Pheidole spinulosa Forel, subsp. Messalina For. v. nexa n.v., Forel, 1913a: 129, major & minor from Zimbabwe, and poweri (Pheidole spinulosa For. r. Messalina For. v. Poweri n.v., Forel, 1914d: 241, major & minor) from South Africa; all forms described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1910e) descriptions are at and of messalina and conigera at . Arnold (1920a) gave a translation, this is at . Arnold (1920a) gave a translation of messalina, this is at . Forel's (1913a) description of nexa is at . Forel's (1914d) description of poweri is at . Arnold (1920a) gave an illustrated translation of nexa and poweri, this is at .

The photomontage is collated from http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=spinulosa%20messalina&genus=pheidole&rank=species&project=null; note the scale on the source photographs for the profile and dorsum is wrong.

The photomontage is adapted from http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=spinulosa%20messalina&genus=pheidole&rank=species&project=null

The photomontage is of a minor specimen from Congo, Brazzaville, 19.viii.2007; t 1.18; 24 h pitfall trap; collected by Yves Braet & Eric Zassi, 2007.

Other images can be seen in the folders from Congo at and from Gabon, Pongara National Park; 8.viii.2006; Winkler Funnel of riverine leaf litter, at .