Pheidole indica

Distribution
This taxon was described from India.

Nomenclature

 *  indica. Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879: 679 (s.w.q.) INDIA. Forel, 1902c: 199 (m.); Imai, Baroni Urbani, et al. 1984: 6 (k.). Senior synonym of himalayana, rotschana, striativentris and material of the unavailable name formosae referred here: Eguchi, 2004: 198. See also: Bingham, 1903: 263; Menozzi, 1939a: 298; Ogata, 1982: 196.
 * striativentris. Pheidole striativentris Mayr, 1879: 678 (s.) INDIA. Forel, 1902c: 195 (w.q.). Junior synonym of indica: Eguchi, 2004: 199.
 * himalayana. Pheidole indica r. himalayana Forel, 1902c: 185 (s.), 199 (w.) INDIA. [Also described as new by Forel, 1902f: 546.] Raised to species: Bingham, 1903: 265. Subspecies of indica: Emery, 1921f: 91; Menozzi, 1939a: 298; Pisarski, 1967: 385. Junior synonym of indica: Eguchi, 2004: 198.
 * rotschana. Pheidole indica r. rotschana Forel, 1902c: 185 (s.), 199 (w.m.) INDIA. Imai, Baroni Urbani, et al. 1984: 6 (k.). [Also described as new by Forel, 1902f: 546.] Raised to species: Bingham, 1903: 264. Subspecies of indica: Forel, 1909e: 394; Forel, 1911i: 222. Junior synonym of indica: Eguchi, 2004: 199.

Additional References

 * Bharti, H. & Gill, A. 2011. SEM studies on immature stages of Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Halteres 3, 38-44