Pheidole kely Salata & Fisher, 2020b: 84, figs. 36A-F, 63R, 65R (s.w.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Toamasina, Parc Nat. de Zahamena, -17.73359, 48.72625, 950 m., 19.ii.2009, BLF22067 (B.L. Fisher, et al.). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0235022. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paratype minor worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: CASC. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0149839.