Pheidole decollata

This species was collected between 10–1625 m elevation, in montane rainforest, rainforest, montane ravine forest, montane shrubland, disturbed gallery montane forest, tropical forest, and montane forest. Nest were located in rotten logs, branches, and sticks on the ground, and dead twigs above the ground. Workers were collected from sifted litter (Salata & Fisher, 2020).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 * . Pheidole oswaldi r. decollata Forel, 1892k: 527 (s.w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Status as species: Salata & Fisher, 2020: 23.

Type Material

 * LECTOTYPE: [designated by Salata & Fisher, 2020: 23]: 1s., top specimen on the pin, Madagascar, Antananarivo, Andrangoloaka Forest, coll. Sikora, CASENT0101716, ANTC3357.
 * PARALECTOTYPES: 1s., bottom specimen, the same pin as lectotype, CASENT0876547, ANTC3357 ; 2w., the same data as lectotype, CASENT0101720, ANTC3358.