Pheidole oceanica

Distribution
This taxon was described from Fiji Is. It is also found in New Caledonia, New Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu, Guam, Samoa, Tonga, Niue, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Northern Mariana Islands, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna Islands, French Polynesia and Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  oceanica. Pheidole oceanica Mayr, 1866a: 510 (s.w.q.m.) FIJI IS. Senior synonym of boraborensis, pattesoni, upoluana: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 48.
 * pattesoni. Pheidole oceanica var. pattesoni Mann, 1919: 317 (s.w.) SOLOMON IS. Junior synonym of oceanica: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 48.
 * upoluana. Pheidole (Pheidole) oceanica var. upoluana Santschi, 1928a: 47, fig. 3 (s.w.q.) SAMOA. Junior synonym of oceanica: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 48.
 * boraborensis. Pheidole oceanica var. boraborensis Wheeler, W.M. 1932d: 15 (s.w.) FRENCH POLYNESIA (Society Is). Junior synonym of oceanica: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 48.