Pheidole lavasoa Salata & Fisher, 2020b: 88, figs. 37A-F, 63S, 65S (s.w.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Toliara, Grand Lavasoa, 25.9 km. W Tolagnaro, -25.08767, 46.749, 450 m., 30.xi.2006, BLF15392 (B.L. Fisher, et al.). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0122898. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paratype minor worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: CASC. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0923282.