Primary type information:
Primary type material: 1 syntype major worker, 3 syntype minor workers. Primary type locality: South Africa: Cape Prov., Cossakpost, nr Rasmead, 1920 (J. Hewitt). Primary type depositories: NHMB, SAMC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0913337.
Type notes:
Described from same series as Pheidole capensis hewittiArnold, 1944.