Pheidole jacobsoni

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines. Oriental Region: Thailand.

Nomenclature

 *  jacobsoni. Pheidole javana subsp. jacobsoni Forel, 1911b: 203 (s.w.q.m.) INDONESIA (Java). Subspecies of fervens: Bolton, 1995b: 323. Raised to species, senior synonym of orophila and material of the unavailable name taipingensis referred here: Eguchi, 2004: 200.
 * orophila. Pheidole orophila Eguchi, 2001b: 85, figs. 32, 62 (s.w.) WEST MALAYSIA. Junior synonym of jacobsoni: Eguchi, 2004: 200.

Type Material
Pheidole orophila (Eguchi 2001) - Holotype Major, colony: Eg00-WM-001, Cameron Highlands (ca. 1500 malt.), W. Malaysia (Southern Malay Peninsula), K. Eguchi leg., 2000, deposited in. Paratypes 14 majors and 15 minors from the same colony to which the holotype belongs, deposited in, FRIM, , , , , , and.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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