The Ants of Africa
Genus Pheidole
Pheidole variolosa Emery

variolosa-group - major head with restricted frontal striations and parallel-sided

{Pheidole variolosa}

Pheidole variolosa Emery

Major - return to key Minor - return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Somalia (Pheidole ? variolosa, n. sp., Emery, 1892a: 113, minor; Menozzi, 1930b: 82, major); major & minor described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Emery's (1892a) description is at {original description}. Menozzi's (1930b) description is at {original description}.

{Pheidole variolosa major}Major

The photomontages are of specimens from Gabon, Pongara National Park; 8.viii.2006; 72 h Winkler Funnel of leaf litter; collected by Yves Braet. Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}

{Pheidole variolosa minor}Minor

{Pheidole variolosa minor0=}The photomontage is of a worker from Congo, Réserve de Lésio-Louna, S 03°16'21.7" E 015°28'12.5"; n sp 27; pitfall trap 11, t 1.1; 8-9.xi.2007; gallery forest; collected by Eric Zassi.

Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}

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