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FIGURE 11 A, B) Pheidole dea. Lateral view of minor worker (A), illustrating second mesonotal process at same level as dorsopropodeum, postpetiole relatively small in relation to petiole; full-face view of major worker (B): vertex without cross-meshes and posterolateral lobes longitudinally rugose. C, D) Pheidole semidea. Lateral view of minor worker (C), showing second mesonotal process raised at slightly higher level than dorsopropodeum, postpetiole relatively larger in relation to petiole; full-face view of major worker (D): vertex with cross-meshes and posterolateral lobes obliquely and irregularly rugulose.

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.