• Status as species: Mayr, 1887: 595 (in key); Emery, 1890c: 51; Dalla Torre, 1893: 97; Emery, 1894l: 56; Forel, 1899b: 72; Forel, 1901j: 365; Wheeler, 1905c: 126; Wheeler, 1908b: 161; Forel, 1908c: 52; Wheeler, 1911a: 23; Forel, 1912g: 225; Emery, 1922c: 106; Wheeler, 1922e: 6; Wheeler, 1923d: 4; Santschi, 1929d: 285; Kempf, 1961b: 503; Kempf, 1972b: 201; Brown, 1981: 526; Brandão, 1991: 370; Bolton, 1995b: 330; Wilson, 2003a: 759 (redescription); Wild, 2007b: 35; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 260; Wetterer et al., 2016: 15; Lubertazzi, 2019: 151; Longino, 2019: 76; Serna et al., 2019: 1018 (redescription); Camargo-Vanegas & Guerrero, 2020: 15.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole subarmata borinquenensis: Brown, 1981: 526; Brandão, 1991: 370; Bolton, 1995b: 330; Wilson, 2003a: 759.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole cornutula: Brown, 1981: 526; Brandão, 1991: 370; Bolton, 1995b: 330; Wilson, 2003a: 759.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole cornutula dentimentum: Brown, 1981: 526; Brandão, 1991: 370; Bolton, 1995b: 330; Wilson, 2003a: 759.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole subarmata elongatula: Brown, 1981: 526; Brandão, 1991: 370; Bolton, 1995b: 330; Wilson, 2003a: 759.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole hondurensis: Brown, 1981: 526; Brandão, 1991: 370; Bolton, 1995b: 330; Wilson, 2003a: 759.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole cornutula imbecillis: Brown, 1981: 526; Brandão, 1991: 370; Bolton, 1995b: 330; Wilson, 2003a: 759.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole subarmata nassavensis: Brown, 1981: 526; Brandão, 1991: 370; Bolton, 1995b: 330; Wilson, 2003a: 759.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole subarmata nefasta: Brown, 1981: 526; Brandão, 1991: 370; Bolton, 1995b: 330; Wilson, 2003a: 759.

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole cornutula Emery, 1890
• Pheidole cornutula dentimentum Santschi, 1929
• Pheidole cornutula imbecillis Emery, 1906
• Pheidole hondurensis Mann, 1922
• Pheidole subarmata borinquenensis Wheeler, 1908
• Pheidole subarmata elongatula Forel, 1893
• Pheidole subarmata nassavensis Wheeler, 1905
• Pheidole subarmata nefasta Santschi, 1929

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