Pheidole nemoralis

The species was collected between 10–1620 m in elevation, in montane rainforest, rainforest, montane shrubland, open secondary vegetation, gallery forest, and littoral rainforest. Nests were located in rotten logs and tree stumps, and in dead twigs above ground.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 *  nemoralis. Pheidole nemoralis Forel, 1892k: 526 (s.w.) MADAGASCAR. Current subspecies: nominal plus petax.

Type Material

 * Lectotype (designated by Salata & Fisher, 2020): major worker (top specimen, CASENT0101323): Madagascar, Antananarivo, Andrangoloaka forest, coll. Sikora (MHNG) [examined].
 * Paralectotypes: 1 minor worker (CASENT0101324, bottom specimen, the same pin as lectotype) (MHNG) [examined], 1 minor worker (CASENT0101584) (MHNG) [examined]: the same data as lectotype.