Pheidole megacephala costauriensis

Identification
A member of the megacephala species group

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Benin, Ghana, Guinea.

Nomenclature

 *  costauriensis. Pheidole rotundata st. costauriensis Santschi, 1914a: 433 (s.) GHANA. Santschi, 1915c: 250 (w.). Currently subspecies of megacephala: Bolton, 1995b: 320.

Taxonomic Notes
Taylor et al. (2018) note that all available samples and the type major are dark brown contrasting with the yellow brown Pheidole megacephala rotundata (listed as a full species, without comment or justification). They therefore propose treating this taxon as a full species. This treatment has not been followed by later authors.