The Ants of Africa
Genus Pheidole
Pheidole maufei Arnold

megacephala-group - Soldier - head width and length equal or subequal; mandibles relatively slender, with at most reduced teeth or denticles; postpetiole trapezoidal but without elongated lateral prominences. Minors without or variable development of a nuchal collar.

megacephala-subgroup - TL > 3.3 mm

{Pheidole maufei}

Pheidole maufei Arnold

Soldier - return to key Minor - return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Zimbabwe (Arnold, 1920a: 438, illustrated, soldier & worker); soldier and worker described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Arnold's (1920a) description is at {original description} and {original description}. In Arnold's prelli-group.
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