Pheidole picata

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

Nomenclature

 *  picata. Pheidole megacephala var. picata Forel, 1891b: 178 (s.w.) MADAGASCAR. Subspecies of megacephala: Forel, 1895a: 49; of punctulata: Forel, 1897c: 186; Forel, 1905b: 163; Santschi, 1910c: 370. Raised to species: Emery, 1915j: 245; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1019. Current subspecies: nominal plus bernhardae, gietleni.