• Lectotype designation: Eguchi, 2001a: 10.
• Eguchi, 2003: 323 (m.)
• Combination in Pheidole: Brown, 1967b: 283.
• Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 132; Bolton, 1995b: 322; Eguchi, 2001a: 10; Eguchi, 2003: 323; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 33; Eguchi, 2008: 37 (redescription); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 49; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 109.

Obsolete combinations

• Aphaenogaster gatesi

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1967b ("1966"). The ant Aphaenogaster gatesi transferred to Pheidole. Psyche (Cambridge) 73:283. PDF
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Eguchi, K. 2001a. A taxonomic study on Asian Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): new synonymy, rank changes, lectotype designations and redescriptions. Insecta Koreana 18:1-35. PDF
• Eguchi, K. 2003. A study on the male genitalia of some Asian species of Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae). Sociobiology 41:317-355. PDF
• Eguchi, K. 2008. A revision of northern Vietnamese species of the ant genus Pheidole (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Zootaxa 1902:1-118. PDF
• Guénard, B.; Dunn, R. R. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3358:1-77. PDF
• Jaitrong, W.; Nabhitabhata, J. 2005. A list of known ant species of Thailand (Formicidae: Hymenoptera). The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 1(1):9-54. PDF
• Khachonpisitsak, S.; Yamane, S.; Sriwichai, P.; Jaitrong, W. 2020. An updated checklist of the ants of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 998:1-182. 10.3897/zookeys.998.54902 PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1927b. Burmese ants collected by Professor G. E. Gates. Psyche (Cambridge) 34:42-46. PDF