• Status as species: Longino, 2009: 37; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 259; Guerrero et al., 2018: 247; Longino, 2019: 78.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole prolixa: Longino, 2009: 37.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole ruida: Longino, 2009: 37.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole tenebra: Longino, 2009: 37.

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole prolixa Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole ruida Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole tenebra Wilson, 2003

Citations

• Branstetter, M. G.; Sáenz, L. 2012. Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala. Pp. 221-268 in: Cano, E. B.; Schuster, J. C. (eds.) 2012. Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp. PDF
• Guerrero, R. J.; Fernández, F.; Escárraga, M. E.; Pérez-Pedraza, L.; Serna, F.; Mackay, W. P.; Sandoval, V.; Veraga, V.; Suárez, D.; García, E. I.; Sánchez, A.; Meneses, A.D.; Tocora, M.C.; Sosa-Calvo, J. 2018. New records of myrmicine ants for Colombia. Revista Colombiana de Entomología 44:238-259. 10.25100/socolen.v44i2.7115 PDF
• Longino, J. T. 2009. Additions to the taxonomy of New World Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2181:1-90. PDF
• Longino, J. T. 2019. Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Middle American wet forest. Zootaxa 4599:1-126. doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4599.1.1 PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.