Pheidole jelskii var. arenicola Emery, 1894h: 390 (footnote) (s.w.) BRAZIL (Rio Grande do Sul). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype major workers, syntype minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, San Lourenço, 1880 (H. von Jhering) (by restriction of Kempf, 1972b: 190). Primary type depository: MSNG. Type notes: Other original syntype locality: Rio Grande do Sul, Camaquam, 1880 (H. von Jhering).

Infrasubspecies

• P. f. a. obscurithorax Santschi, 1923