• Status as species: Mayr, 1887: 584 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 88; Forel, 1899b: 70; Emery, 1922c: 109; Kempf, 1972b: 187; Bolton, 1995b: 318; Wilson, 2003a: 378 (redescription); Coovert, 2005: 55; Longino, 2009: 16; Longino & Cox, 2009: 40; Boer, 2010: 61; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 259; Sarnat et al., 2015: 35 (redescription); Longino, 2019: 81; Serna et al., 2019: 926 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Pheidole punctatissima annectens: Wilson, 2003a: 378; Longino & Cox, 2009: 40; Sarnat et al., 2015: 35.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole floridana antoniensis: Wilson, 2003a: 378; Longino & Cox, 2009: 41; Sarnat et al., 2015: 35.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole floridana ares: Wilson, 2003a: 378; Longino & Cox, 2009: 41; Sarnat et al., 2015: 35.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole anastasii cellarum: Wilson, 2003a: 378; Longino & Cox, 2009: 41; Sarnat et al., 2015: 35.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole floridana deplanata: Wilson, 2003a: 378; Longino & Cox, 2009: 41; Sarnat et al., 2015: 35.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole punctatissima insulana: Wilson, 2003a: 378; Longino & Cox, 2009: 41; Sarnat et al., 2015: 35.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole anastasii johnsoni: Wilson, 2003a: 378; Longino & Cox, 2009: 41; Sarnat et al., 2015: 35.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole lauta: Sarnat et al., 2015: 35.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole rectiluma: Longino, 2009: 16; Sarnat et al., 2015: 35.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole anastasii venezuelana: Wilson, 2003a: 378; Longino & Cox, 2009: 41; Sarnat et al., 2015: 35.

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole anastasii cellarum Forel, 1908
• Pheidole anastasii johnsoni Wheeler, 1907
• Pheidole anastasii venezuelana Forel, 1905
• Pheidole floridana antoniensis Forel, 1901
• Pheidole floridana ares Forel, 1908
• Pheidole floridana deplanata Pergande, 1896
• Pheidole lauta Wheeler, 1908
• Pheidole punctatissima annectens Wheeler, 1905
• Pheidole punctatissima insulana Wheeler, 1905
• Pheidole rectiluma Wilson, 2003

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