• Wheeler, 1915b: 406 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1972b: 243 (l.)
• Status as species: Mayr, 1886d: 455; Mayr, 1887: 588 (in key); Cresson, 1887: 262; Dalla Torre, 1893: 89; Emery, 1895d: 291; Wheeler, 1910a: 564; Wheeler, 1915b: 406; Emery, 1922c: 105; Essig, 1926: 859; Cole, 1936a: 35; Creighton, 1950a: 172; Smith, 1951c: 800; Smith, 1958c: 120; Gregg, 1959: 12 (in key); Yensen et al., 1977: 183; Smith, 1979: 1368; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 318; Wilson, 2003a: 564 (redescription); Ward, 2005: 66.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole californica hagermani: Wilson, 2003a: 564.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole californica incenata: Creighton, 1950a: 173; Smith, 1958c: 120; Gregg, 1959: 19; Smith, 1979: 1368; Bolton, 1995b: 318; Wilson, 2003a: 564.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole californica nevadensis Wheeler, 1915b: Wilson, 2003a: 564.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole oregonica: Wilson, 2003a: 564.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole californica pyramidensis: Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 13; Bolton, 1995b: 318; Wilson, 2003a: 564.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole californica satura: Creighton, 1950a: 173; Smith, 1958c: 120; Gregg, 1959: 19; Smith, 1979: 1368; Bolton, 1995b: 318; Wilson, 2003a: 564.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole californica shoshoni: Wilson, 2003a: 564.

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole californica hagermani Cole, 1936
• Pheidole californica incenata Wheeler, 1915
• Pheidole californica pyramidensis Emery, 1922
• Pheidole californica satura Wheeler, 1915
• Pheidole californica shoshoni Cole, 1933
• Pheidole oregonica Emery, 1895

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