Pheidole rectiluma Wilson, 2003a: 493, figs. (s.w.) MEXICO (Tamaulipas). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Mexico: Tamaulipas, Sierra de Guatemala, Rancho del Cielo, 1070 m., 1965, Cornell University Field Party. Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paratype minor worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: MCZC. Type notes: 1) Details of paratype castes and their numbers are not given. 2) Locality of type material wrongly recorded as in Nicaragua by Sarnat et al., 2015: 35.