Atta providens Sykes Taxonomy of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) collected by pitfall traps from Sinai and Delta region, Egypt. Mohamed, S. Zalat, S. Fadl, H. Egyptian Journal of Natural History 2001 3 40 61  Phiedole Westwood, 1840: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.6:87. Type-species: Atta providens Sykes, 1835; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.1:103.  Distribution: Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, Australian, Polynesian, Nearctic & Neotropical regions.  Key to species 1 - Body colour blackish brown, antennae with 3rd -11th funiculus segments quadrate .........................Ph. Pallidula (Nylander) - Body colour yellowish brown, antennae with 3rd -11th funiculus segments rectangular ... 2 2- Postpetiole longer than broad (Fig.40); funiculus segment 2 not longer than wide ............................Ph. Jordanica Saulcy - Postpetiole as long as broad at middle (Fig.41); funiculus segment 2 longer than wide......................... Ph. sinaitica Mayr