Pheidole purpurea Longino, 2009: 67, fig. 19 (s.w.) MEXICO (Chiapas). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Mexico: Chiapas, 21 km. SW Salto de Agua, 17.38542°N, 92.42802°W±200 m., 180 m., 15.vi.2008, LLAMA Ba-A-08-3-01-10. Primary type depository: UNAM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype major workers, paratype minor workers (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: paratypes: with same data as holotype, with same data as holotype but Ba-A-08-3-03-18, Ba-A-08-3-04-18. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, FMNH, INBC, JTLC, LACM, MCZC, MHNG, MIZA, MZSP, UCDC, UNAM, USNM.