Pheidole sparsisculpta Longino, 2009: 77, fig. 22 (s.w.) COSTA RICA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Costa Rica: Heredia, 16 km. SSE La Virgen, 10.26667°N, 84.08333°W±2000 m., 1100 m., 20.ii.2001, ALAS 11/B/BH/047. Primary type depository: INBC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype major workers, paratype minor workers (numbers not stated). Secondary type localities: paratypes: with same data as holotype, with same data as holotype but 14.iii.2001, ALAS 11/WF/02/19, with same data as holotype but 19.iii.2001, ALAS 11/WF/03/19, Heredia, 16 km. SSW Pto Viejo, 500 m., 20.iv.2007, AMI-2-W-135-06 (H. Gilberth & C. Felix). Secondary type depositories: FMNH, INBC, JTLC, MCZC, USNM.