Pheidole rubra Smith, 1860b: 111 (s.w.) INDONESIA (Bacan). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 2 syntype major workers, 3 syntype minor workers. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Bachian (= Bacan I.), “Bac. 44” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM. Primary type specimens: CASENT0901421, CASENT0901422. Type notes: 1) Donisthorpe, 1932c: 464, cites 2 major workers, 2 minor workers in OXUM. 2) Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978, cites 2 major workers, 3 minor workers in OXUM.