Pheidole niapuana Wheeler, 1922 junior synonym of current valid taxon Pheidole pulchella Santschi, 1910
Pheidole niapuana Wheeler, 1922: 136, fig. 34 (s.w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Afrotropic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype major workers, syntype minor workers (numbers not stated. Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Niapu, vi.1913 (H.O. Lang). Primary type depositories: AMNH, USNM (perhaps also MCZC). Type notes: Fischer et al., 2012: 33, cite 7 major worker, 5 minor worker syntypes in USNM.
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