• Forel, 1881: 9 (w.); Goñi et al., 1984: 365 (k.)
• Senior synonym of Pheidole fallax rubens: Forel, 1901j: 356.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole fallax britoi: Wilson, 2003a: 290.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole columbica: Wilson, 2003a: 290.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole jelskii fallacior: Wilson, 2003a: 290.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole fallax ovalis: Wilson, 2003a: 290.

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole columbica Forel, 1886
  Obsolete combination(s): Pheidole fallax columbica
• Pheidole fallax britoi Forel, 1912
• Pheidole fallax ovalis Forel, 1912
• Pheidole fallax rubens Forel, 1899
• Pheidole jelskii fallacior Forel, 1901

Citations

• Forel, A. 1881. Die Ameisen der Antille St. Thomas. Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Verein 5:1-16. PDF
• Forel, A. 1901j. Variétés myrmécologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45:334-382. PDF
• Goñi, B.; Zolessi, L. C. de; Imai, H. T. 1984 ("1983"). Karyotypes of thirteen ant species from Uruguay (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Caryologia 36:363-371. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1870b. Neue Formiciden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 20:939-996. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.