Pheidole talpa Gerstäcker, 1871: 356 (s.) KENYA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) major worker. Primary type locality: Kenya: Mbaramu (van der Decken). Primary type depository: unknown (perhaps MNHU or NHMB). Type notes: 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) Gerstäcker, 1871 includes this taxon under “Insektenfauna von Zanzibar”, but the locality is in Kenya.