Pheidole bessonii

Salata & Fisher (2020) report this species was collected between 30–1732 m elevation, in Uapaca woodland, montane rainforest, tropical dry forest, savanna and woodland, gallery forest and rainforest. Nests were located in rotten logs, in the soil, and under stones. Workers were collected from sifted litter.

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