Pheidole sparsa Salata & Fisher, 2020b: 147, figs. 55A-F, 64M, 67E (s.w.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Mahajanga, Region Sofia, Bemanevika, -14.337, 48.58874, 1606 m., 14.i.2015, BLF35640 (B.L. Fisher, et al.). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0705586. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paratype minor worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: CASC. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0923289.