Pheidole spathifera Forel, 1902 valid
Pheidole spathifera Forel, 1902c: 168, 187 (s.w.q.m.) SRI LANKA, INDIA (Tamil Nadu, Kerala). Indomalaya.
Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype major workers, syntype minor workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”) (no further data) (Yerbury), India: Coonoor (Daly), Coonoor (Wroughton), India: Trevandrum (Ferguson), India: Nilgiris (Wroughton), India: Cochin (Ferguson). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
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Extant: 2 valid subspecies

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