Pheidole areniphila var. aurora Santschi, 1928f: 204 (s.) TANZANIA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 5 syntype major worker, 3 syntype minor workers. Primary type locality: Tanzania: Tanga, 6.v.1925 (G. Arnold). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimens: CASENT0913268, CASENT0913269. Type notes: Santschi incorrectly gave the type locality as “Afrique Orientale anglaise” (= Kenya).