• Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 375.
• Subspecies of nana: Bruch, 1914: 220; Emery, 1922c: 108; Kusnezov, 1952d: 70 (in key); Kempf, 1972b: 197; Bolton, 1995b: 317.
• Status as species: Wilson, 2003a: 375 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Pheidole nana atticola

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bruch, C. 1914. Catálogo sistemático de los formícidos argentinos. Revista del Museo de La Plata 19:211-234. PDF
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
• Forel, A. 1912g. Formicides néotropiques. Part III. 3me sous-famille Myrmicinae (suite). Genres Cremastogaster et Pheidole. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 19:211-237. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Kusnezov, N. 1952d ("1951"). El género Pheidole en la Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 12:5-88. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.