• Combination in Ceratopheidole: Emery, 1922c: 113.
• Combination in Pheidole: Kempf, 1972b: 183.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole hecate bruesi, Pheidole hecate malevola: Wilson, 2003a: 544.

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole hecate bruesi Wheeler, 1917
• Pheidole hecate malevola Wheeler, 1911

Citations

• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
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• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
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• Wheeler, W. M. 1911a. Additions to the ant-fauna of Jamaica. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 30:21-29. PDF
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• Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.
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