The Ants of Africa
Genus Pheidole
Pheidole strator Forel

termitophila group - Major - head longer than wide by at least 25%; mandibles very stout with dentate border and distinct apical teeth; clypeus with at least a shallow central notch; postpetiole with distinct lateral prominences; minor head square; major and minor with relatively swollen three-segmented club

{Pheidole strator}

Pheidole strator Forel

Major - return to key Minor - return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Eritrea (Forel, 1910c: 256, major & minor); subspecies fugax (Pheidole strator Forel, race fugax, n. r., Arnold, 1920a: 449, illustrated, major & minor) from Mozambique and tabida (Pheidole strator var. tabida n. var., Menozzi, 1933a: 102, major) from Uganda; major & minor described (see Bolton, 1995, type location given as Ethiopia) .

Forel's (1910c) description is at {original description}. Arnold's (1920a) description of fugax is at {original description}. Menozzi's (1933a) description of tabida is at {original description}.

{Pheidole strator major} The photomontage of a cotype major is collated from The Smithsonian Institute images at http://ripley.si.edu/ent/nmnhtypedb/public/specimeninfopage.cfm?publicconsumption=1&typespecimenID=943.

{Pheidole strator minor} The photomontage is of a minor specimen collected from Tanzania, East Usambara Mts; Amani Nature Reserve, Reserve HQ; 12-16.x.2002; 950 m; collected by Vasily Grebennikov. Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}

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