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Pheidole [02]

Pheidole [05]

Anteroventral margin of head in major workers medially with 3 conspicuous, closely-approximate processes (Fig. 1.55a); in minor workers: head with occipital margin flat in full-face view, posterior portion of the head distinctly sculptured (Fig. 1.56a) Anteroventral margin of head in majors either without medial processes or with lower, less-approximate processes (Fig. 1.55b); in minors: head posteriorly rounded in full-face view, posterior portion of the head smooth and shining (Fig. 1.56b)


Pheidole fervida Pheidole susanowo Pheidole ryukyuensis Pheidole pieli Pheidole noda Pheidole megacephala Pheidole fervens Pheidole indica

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