• Lectotype designation: Eguchi, 2001a: 23.
• Subspecies of Pheidole rinae: Wheeler, 1930k: 64; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 149; Bolton, 1995b: 322; Eguchi, 2001a: 23.
• Status as species: Zhou & Zheng, 1999: 87; Zhou, 2001a: 123; Zhang & Zheng, 2002: 219; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 33; Eguchi et al., 2007: 259 (redescription); Eguchi, 2008: 40 (redescription); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 49; Liu et al., 2015: 44; Jaitrong et al., 2016: 38; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 109.

Obsolete combinations

• Pheidole rinae hongkongensis

Citations

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