Pheidole nemoralis

The species was collected between 10–1620 m in elevation, in montane rainforest, rainforest, montane shrubland, open secondary vegetation, gallery forest, and littoral rainforest. Nests were located in rotten logs and tree stumps, and in dead twigs above ground.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 *  nemoralis. Pheidole nemoralis Forel, 1892k: 526 (s.w.) MADAGASCAR. Current subspecies: nominal plus petax.

Type Material

 * Lectotype (designated by Salata & Fisher, 2020): major worker (top specimen, CASENT0101323): Madagascar, Antananarivo, Andrangoloaka forest, coll. Sikora (MHNG) [examined].
 * Paralectotypes: 1 minor worker (CASENT0101324, bottom specimen, the same pin as lectotype) (MHNG) [examined], 1 minor worker (CASENT0101584) (MHNG) [examined]: the same data as lectotype.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Fisher B. L. 1996. Ant diversity patterns along an elevational gradient in the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andringitra, Madagascar. Fieldiana Zoology (n.s.)85: 93-108
 * 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. 1999. Ant diversity patterns along an elevational gradient in the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andohahela, Madagascar. Fieldiana Zoology (n.s.)94: 129-147
 * 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