• Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 143.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1870b: 980 (in key); Mayr, 1884: 34; Mayr, 1887: 589 (in key); Emery, 1890b: 65; Dalla Torre, 1893: 88; Emery, 1894d: 154; Forel, 1899b: 64; Forel, 1908a: 66; Forel, 1912g: 222; Mann, 1916: 435; Wheeler, 1916c: 5; Emery, 1922c: 98; Wheeler, 1922e: 6; Wheeler, 1925a: 21; Kempf, 1961b: 502; Kempf, 1970b: 330; Kempf, 1972b: 187; Bolton, 1995b: 318; Wilson, 2003a: 143 (redescription); LaPolla & Cover, 2005: 371; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 259; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 119; Longino, 2019: 27; Serna et al., 2019: 926 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Pheidole bicolor: Wilson, 2003a: 143.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole biconstricta burtoni: Wilson, 2003a: 143.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole holmgreni festata: Wilson, 2003a: 143.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole holmgreni: Wilson, 2003a: 143.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole biconstricta hybrida: Wilson, 2003a: 143.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole inermis: Longino, 2019: 27.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole radoszkowskii lallemandi: Wilson, 2003a: 143.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole rubicunda: Wilson, 2003a: 143.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole biconstricta surda: Wilson, 2003a: 143.
• Material of the unavailable names Pheidole biconstricta hybrida angustella, Pheidole biconstricta rubicunda fuscata, Pheidole biconstricta bicolor regina referred here by Wilson, 2003a: 143.

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole bicolor Emery, 1890
  Obsolete combination(s): Pheidole biconstricta bicolor
• Pheidole biconstricta burtoni Mann, 1916
• Pheidole biconstricta hybrida Emery, 1894
• Pheidole biconstricta surda Forel, 1912
• Pheidole holmgreni Wheeler, 1925
• Pheidole holmgreni festata Wheeler, 1925
• Pheidole inermis Mayr, 1870
• Pheidole radoszkowskii lallemandi Forel, 1901
• Pheidole rubicunda Emery, 1890
  Obsolete combination(s): Pheidole biconstricta rubicunda

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