Pheidole megacephala melancholica

Identification
A member of the megacephala species group

Distribution
This taxon was described from Ivory Coast. It is also found in Guinea.

Nomenclature

 *  melancholica. Pheidole punctulata st. melancholica Santschi, 1912b: 164 (s.w.) IVORY COAST. Bernard, 1953b: 225 (q.). Currently subspecies of megacephala: Emery, 1915j: 236; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 132.