Pheidole megacephala costauriensis

Identification
A member of the megacephala species group

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Ghana, Guinea.

Nomenclature

 *  costauriensis. Pheidole rotundata st. costauriensis Santschi, 1914a: 433 (s.) GHANA. Santschi, 1915c: 250 (w.). Currently subspecies of megacephala: Bolton, 1995b: 320.

Taxonomic Notes
Taylor et al. (2018) note that all available samples and the type major are dark brown contrasting with the yellow brown Pheidole rotundata. They therefore propose treating this taxon as a full species. This treatment has not been followed by later authors.