Pheidole ensifera

The species was collected between 30–1343 m in elevation, in littoral and tropical dry rainforest and in-transition humid forest. Nests were located in litter (leaf mould, rotten wood), rotten logs and branches on the ground, and rotting tree stumps.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 *  ensifera. Pheidole ensifera Forel, 1897c: 197 (s.w.) MADAGASCAR.

Type Material

 * Lectotype (designated by Salata & Fisher, 2020): major worker (top specimen, CASENT0101780): Madagascar, Antsiranana, Nosy Be, coll. Voeltzkow (MHNG) [examined].
 * Paralectotypes: 1 major worker (CASENT0810540, bottom specimen, the same pin as lectotype) (MHNG) [examined], 2 minor workers (1 pin, CASENT0101650) (MHNG) [examined], 2 minor workers (1 pin, CASENT0923207) (MHNG) [examined], 3 major workers (1 pin, CASENT0923208) (MHNG) [examined], 3 major workers (1 pin, CASENT0923209) (MHNG) [examined]: the same data as lectotype.