• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 31; Mayr, 1863a: 440; Mayr, 1886c: 361; Dalla Torre, 1893: 89; Forel, 1895b: 127; Emery, 1922c: 109; Borgmeier, 1927c: 79; Kempf, 1965: 183; Kempf, 1972b: 188; Bolton, 1995b: 319; Wilson, 2003a: 674 (redescription); LaPolla & Cover, 2005: 371.
• Junior synonym of Pheidole vorax: Longino, 2009: 85

Citations

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