List of Afrotropical Pheidole by species group

This list follows Fischer & Hita-Garcia (2013). Synonymies have been updated and Pheidole punctulata spinosa is excluded as it has been collected only in Madagascar. Subspecies of species listed under a group in the original article are tentatively placed under the same group and complex than the species cited. The rest are placed under incertae sedis

The megacephala groups has been renamed to indica group

aurivillii group

 * Pheidole aurivillii
 * Pheidole aurivillii attenuata
 * Pheidole aurivillii kasaiensis
 * Pheidole aurivillii rubricalva

excellens group
katonae complex excellens complex incertae sedis
 * Pheidole katonae
 * Pheidole sculpturata zambesiana
 * Pheidole excellens
 * Pheidole excellens fulvobasalis Santschi, 1921 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole excellens weissi
 * Pheidole liengmei
 * Pheidole liengmei malindana Forel, 1913 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole liengmei micrartifex
 * Pheidole liengmei shinsendensis
 * Pheidole njassae
 * Pheidole sculpturata
 * Pheidole sculpturata areolata
 * Pheidole sculpturata berthoudi
 * Pheidole sculpturata dignata
 * Pheidole sculpturata rhodesiana
 * Pheidole sculpturata welgelegenensis
 * Pheidole arnoldi
 * Pheidole arnoldi ballaensis Arnold, 1920 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole arnoldi rufescens Arnold, 1920 Endemic to this region

indica group

 * Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879
 * Pheidole megacephala costauriensis
 * Pheidole megacephala duplex
 * Pheidole megacephala ilgi
 * Pheidole megacephala impressifrons
 * Pheidole megacephala melancholica
 * Pheidole megacephala nkomoana
 * Pheidole megacephala rotundata
 * Pheidole megacephala speculifrons
 * Pheidole megacephala talpa
 * Pheidole punctulata
 * Pheidole punctulata atrox

nigeriensis group

 * Pheidole nigeriensis

pulchella group

 * Pheidole batrachorum
 * Pheidole christinae
 * Pheidole darwini
 * Pheidole dea
 * Pheidole glabrella
 * Pheidole heliosa
 * Pheidole nimba
 * Pheidole pulchella
 * Pheidole rebeccae
 * Pheidole semidea
 * Pheidole setosa

speculifera group
prelli complex speculifera complex
 * Pheidole caffra
 * Pheidole caffra abyssinica
 * Pheidole caffra amoena
 * Pheidole caffra bayeri
 * Pheidole caffra montivaga
 * Pheidole caffra senilifrons
 * Pheidole prelli
 * Pheidole prelli ingenita
 * Pheidole prelli redbankensis
 * Pheidole crassinoda
 * Pheidole crassinoda pluto
 * Pheidole crassinoda ruspolii
 * Pheidole crassinoda sordidula
 * Pheidole occipitalis
 * Pheidole occipitalis adami
 * Pheidole occipitalis neutralis
 * Pheidole speculifera
 * Pheidole speculifera ascara
 * Pheidole speculifera bispecula
 * Pheidole speculifera cubangensis

incertae sedis

 * Pheidole aeberlii Forel, 1894 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole aeberlii erythraea Emery, 1901
 * Pheidole akermani Arnold, 1920 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole albidula Santschi, 1928 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole andrieui Santschi, 1930 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole areniphila Forel, 1910 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole areniphila aurora Santschi, 1928 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole arnoldi ballaensis Arnold, 1920 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole arnoldi rufescens Arnold, 1920 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole aspera Mayr, 1862 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole bequaerti Forel, 1913 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole buchholzi Mayr, 1901 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole capensis Mayr, 1862 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole capensis dregei Emery, 1895 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole capensis modestior Santschi, 1919 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole capensis reddersbergensis Forel, 1913 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole clavata (Emery, 1877)
 * Pheidole concinna Santschi, 1910 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole corticicola Santschi, 1910 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole cuitensis Forel, 1910 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole decarinata Santschi, 1929 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole escherichii Forel, 1910
 * Pheidole foreli Mayr, 1901 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole foreli pubens Forel, 1910 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole guineensis (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Pheidole hewitti Santschi, 1932 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole irritans (Smith, F., 1858) Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole kitschneri Forel, 1910 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole kohli Mayr, 1901 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole komori Fischer & Fisher, 2013 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole maufei Arnold, 1920 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole mayri Forel, 1894 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole mentita Santschi, 1914 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole mentita pullata Santschi, 1914 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole minima Mayr, 1901 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole minima catella Santschi, 1914 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole minima faurei Santschi, 1920 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole minima malelana Wheeler, W.M., 1922 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole minuscula Bernard, 1953
 * Pheidole mylognatha Wheeler, W.M., 1922 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole neokohli Wilson, 1984 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole nigritella Bernard, 1953 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole njassae legitima Santschi, 1916 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole philippi Emery, 1915
 * Pheidole punctulata subatrox Santschi, 1937 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole retronitens Santschi, 1930 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole rohani Santschi, 1925 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole rohani monardi Santschi, 1930 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole rohani pellax Santschi, 1930 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole rugaticeps Emery, 1877
 * Pheidole rugaticeps arabs Emery, 1881 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole saxicola Wheeler, W.M., 1922 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole scabriuscula Gerstäcker, 1871 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole schoutedeni Forel, 1913 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole schoutedeni platycephala Stitz, 1916 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole schultzei Forel, 1910 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole schultzei ebangana Santschi, 1937 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole schultzei gwaaiensis Forel, 1913 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole schultzei woodvalensis Arnold, 1960 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole sculpturata particeps Santschi, 1921 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole sinaitica Mayr, 1862
 * Pheidole spinulosa Forel, 1910 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole spinulosa conigera Forel, 1910 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole spinulosa messalina Forel, 1910 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole squalida Santschi, 1910 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole strator Forel, 1910
 * Pheidole strator fugax Arnold, 1920 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole strator tabida Menozzi, 1933 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr, 1901 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole tenuinodis bothae Forel, 1901 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole tenuinodis robusta Stitz, 1923 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole tenuinodis sipapomae Arnold, 1920 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole termitophila Forel, 1904 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole termitophila liberiensis Forel, 1911 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole tricarinata Santschi, 1914 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole vanderveldi Forel, 1913 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole variolosa Emery, 1892 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole victoris Forel, 1913 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole xocensis Forel, 1913 Endemic to this region
 * Pheidole xocensis bulawayensis Forel, 1913 Endemic to this region