• Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 416.
• Wheeler, 1908a: 135 (w.q.)
• Subspecies of Pheidole flavens: Emery, 1894d: 156; Forel, 1895b: 142; Emery, 1896g: 82 (in key); Wheeler, 1908a: 134; Mann, 1916: 439; Wheeler, 1916c: 5; Emery, 1922c: 107; Menozzi, 1931b: 267; Kempf, 1972b: 192; Bolton, 1995b: 321.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1887: 585 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 90; Emery, 1894h: 389; Wilson, 2003a: 416 (redescription); LaPolla & Cover, 2005: 371; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 119; Wetterer et al., 2016: 14; Wetterer, 2021: 3.

Obsolete combinations

• Pheidole flavens exigua

Citations

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