Pheidole (Pheidolacanthinus) brevispinosa Donisthorpe, 1948d: 593 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 4 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”): Maffin Bay, 10.vi.1944 (E.S. Ross). Primary type depositories: BMNH, CASC. Type notes: Seifert, 2023a: 50, points out that 2 BMNH specimens are dated 1.viii.1944.