Pheidole oswaldi

The species was collected between 3–1490 m elevation, in rainforest, montane forest, littoral rainforest, montane rainforest, and montane shrubland. Nests were located in rotten logs, rotting tree stumps, and rotten sticks on the ground. Workers were collected from sifted litter, on low vegetation, and on tree trunks (Salata & Fisher, 2020).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 *  oswaldi. Pheidole oswaldi Forel, 1891b: 173 (s.w.q.m.) MADAGASCAR.

Type Material

 * LECTOTYPE [designated here]: 1s., Madagascar, Toamasina, 30 miles SW Toamasina, 28.IX.1889, coll. Oswald, CASENT0101640, ANTC3354 (MHNG).
 * PARALECTOTYPES: 3w., the same data as lectotype, CASENT0101724, ANTC3355 (MHNG); 1q., Imerina, coll. Sikora, CASENT0101808, ANTC3353 (MHNG); 1m., Imerina, coll. Sikora, CASENT0101706, ANTC3356 (MHNG).

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. 1998. Ant diversity patterns along an elevational gradient in the Réserve Spéciale d'Anjanaharibe-Sud and on the western Masoala Peninsula, Madagascar. Fieldiana Zoology (n.s.)90: 39-67.
 * 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