Pheidole bessonii

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 *  bessonii. Pheidole oswaldi r. bessonii Forel, 1891b: 176, pl. 5, fig. 3 (w.) MADAGASCAR. Forel, 1905b: 162 (s.). Raised to species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 88; Forel, 1905b: 162.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Fisher B. L. 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31: 269-302.
 * Fisher B. L. 2003. Formicidae, ants. Pp. 811-819 in: Goodman, S. M.; Benstead, J. P. (eds.) 2003. The natural history of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, xxi + 1709 pp.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 1005-1055