• Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 284.
• Taber & Cokendolpher, 1988: 95 (k.)
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1908h: 460; Wheeler, 1910a: 563; Emery, 1922c: 99; Essig, 1926: 859; Cole, 1937a: 100; Creighton, 1950a: 178; Smith, 1951c: 802; Cole, 1953g: 297; Smith, 1958c: 121; Gregg, 1959: 9 (in key); Cole, 1966b: 14 (in key); Smith, 1967a: 354; Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 21; Smith, 1979: 1369; Snelling & George, 1979: 99; Dlussky, 1981b: 48; Allred, 1982: 494; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 44; MacKay et al., 1988: 95; Bolton, 1995b: 320; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 181; Wilson, 2003a: 284 (redescription); Ward, 2005: 66.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole desertorum comanche: Creighton, 1950a: 178; Smith, 1958c: 121; Gregg, 1959: 21; Smith, 1979: 1369; Snelling & George, 1979: 99; Bolton, 1995b: 320; Wilson, 2003a: 284.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole desertorum maricopa: Creighton, 1950a: 179; Smith, 1958c: 121; Gregg, 1959: 21; Smith, 1979: 1369; Snelling & George, 1979: 99; Bolton, 1995b: 320; Wilson, 2003a: 284.

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole desertorum comanche Wheeler, 1906
• Pheidole desertorum maricopa Wheeler, 1906

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