• Status as species: Viehmeyer, 1914c: 518; Emery, 1922c: 126; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 83; Smith, 1955e: 305; Bolton, 1995b: 133; Seifert, 2023a: 49 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Cardiocondyla brevispinosa: Smith, 1955e: 305; Bolton, 1995b: 133; Seifert, 2023a: 50.

Junior synonyms

• Cardiocondyla brevispinosa (Donisthorpe, 1948)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pheidole brevispinosa

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Emery, C. 1897c. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Természetrajzi Füzetek 20:571-599. PDF
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
• Seifert, B. 2023a. The ant genus Cardiocondyla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): the species groups with Oriental and Australasian origin. Diversity 15 (1): 25:56 pp. [online early] 10.3390/d15010025 PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1955e. The correct taxonomic status of Pheidole (Pheidolacanthinus) brevispinosa Donisthorpe (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 57:305. PDF
• Viehmeyer, H. 1914c. Papuanische Ameisen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1914:515-535. PDF