Pheidole protea

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia. Oriental Region: Thailand.

Nomenclature

 *  protea. Pheidole javana subsp. proteus Forel, 1912n: 55 (s.) INDONESIA (Sumatra). Subspecies of fervens: Bolton, 1995b: 328. Raised to species: Eguchi, 2004: 205.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Eguchi, K. 2004. Taxonomic revision of two wide-ranging Asian ants, Pheidole fervens and P. indica (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Formicidae) and related species. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien. 105B:189-209.
 * Forel A. 1912. Einige neue und interessante Ameisenformen aus Sumatra etc. Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. 15: 51-78.
 * Jaitrong W.; Nabhitabhata, J. 2005. A list of known ant species of Thailand. The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 1(1): 9-54.