| Authorship | Donisthorpe, 1938a: 144, figs. 3, 4 | 
|---|---|
| Forms | w. | 
| Bioregion | Australasia | 
| Locality | NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea) | 
| Primary type information | Primary type material: 4 syntype minor workers. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Kokoda, 1200 ft, viii.1936 (L.E. Cheesman). Primary type depository: BMNH. | 
| Pheidole elegans | Species | Valid | Original combination |