Pheidole punctulata

Identification
A member of the megacephala species group

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Comoros, Eritrea, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe. Malagasy Region: Madagascar, Mayotte, Seychelles.

Nomenclature

 *  punctulata. Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866b: 899 (s.) SOUTH AFRICA. Arnold, 1920a: 421 (w.q.m.). Subspecies of megacephala: Forel, 1894b: 94; Stitz, 1911b: 385; Emery, 1915j: 235; Emery, 1921f: 85; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 132; Santschi, 1930b: 67. Status as species: Forel, 1910e: 441; Santschi, 1914b: 76; Forel, 1914d: 240; Arnold, 1920a: 420; Santschi, 1935a: 256. Current subspecies: nominal plus atrox, spinosa, subatrox.