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FIGURE 10 A, B) Pheidole glabrella. Lateral view of minor worker (A), showing reduced second mesonotal process and sculpture on propodeum, metanotal groove relatively wide; full-face view of major worker (B), showing scape pilosity appressed. C, D) Pheidole semidea. Lateral view of minor worker (C), illustrating well-defined second mesonotal process and sculpture on propodeum, metanotal groove narrower; full-face view of major worker (D), showing decumbent scape pilosity.

Fischer, G., Hita Garcia, F., & Peters, M.K. 2012. Taxonomy of the ant genus Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographic region: definition of species groups and systematic revision of the Pheidole pulchella group. Zootaxa, 3232, 1-43.