Pheidole (Pheidole) atua Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 43, fig. 32 (s.w.) SAMOA (Upolu I.). Oceania.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Samoa: Upolu I., Afiamalu, 700 m., 17.iii.1962, acc. 353 (R.W. Taylor). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paratype major workers, 25 paratype minor workers. Secondary type locality: same data as holotype but 16.iii.1962, acc. 308. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BPBM, MCZC.