Pheidole mentita pullata

Taylor et al. (2018) observed this taxon foraging on the ground in a Mangifera indica (mango) orchard in Benin.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Guinea.

Nomenclature

 *  pullata. Pheidole mentita var. pullata Santschi, 1914d: 339 (s.w.) GUINEA.

Taxonomic Notes
Taylor et al. (2018) - Santschi noted this as: TL 4.2 mm. Differing from the type (P. mentita, type major CASENT0913348) in being black, the mandibles partly dull red, the tibiae and tarsi brown. More matt and also a little more strongly sculptured, the base of the gaster lightly punctate. The occiput slightly less impressed.

They then raise this taxon to species-level. This proposal has not been followed by subsequent authors.