FIGURE 9 A, B in the Afrotropical zoogeographic region: definition of species groups and systematic revision of the Pheidole pulchella group

FIGURE 9 A, B) P. glabrella sp. n. Full-face view of minor worker (A), showing rounded head shape and rounded occipital margin; dorsal view of major worker (B), illustrating obliquely rugulose-punctate sculpture on posterolateral lobes, and regular transversely rugulose-punctate sculpture on dorsopronotum. C, D) P. rebeccae sp. n. Full-face view of minor worker (C), showing wider head shape and less convex head margin; dorsal view of major worker (D), illustrating smooth and shiny posterolateral lobes, and dorsopronotum grading from anteriorly superficially rugulose to posteriorly mostly smooth & shiny.