• Lectotype designation: Eguchi, 2004: 198.
• Forel, 1902c: 199 (m.); Imai et al., 1984: 6 (k.)
• Status as species: Forel, 1885b: 178; Forel, 1886d: 248; Dalla Torre, 1893: 91; Forel, 1902c: 185 (in key); Forel, 1902g: 546; Rothney, 1903: 98; Bingham, 1903: 263; Forel, 1904d: 25; Emery, 1921c: 91; Wheeler, 1927d: 2; Wheeler, 1928c: 10; Menozzi, 1939a: 298; Wheeler, 1930k: 63; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 143; Pisarski, 1967a: 385; Collingwood, 1970b: 375; Pisarski, 1970a: 307; Onoyama, 1980a: 197; Ogata, 1982: 196; Ogata, 1991b: 93; Wu & Wang, 1992c: 1306; Morisita et al., 1992: 24; Bolton, 1995b: 323; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 104; Tang et al., 1995: 56; Zhou & Zheng, 1999: 84 (in key); Park & Kim, 2000a: 110 (in key); Zhou, 2001a: 129; Zhang & Zheng, 2002: 219; Imai et al., 2003: 159; Eguchi, 2004: 198; Terayama, 2009: 170; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 49; Sarnat et al., 2015: 45 (redescription); Bharti et al., 2016: 42; Sharaf et al., 2017: 34; Guerrero et al., 2018: 247; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 47; Sharaf et al., 2018: 27; Dekoninck et al., 2019: 1157; Lubertazzi, 2019: 146; Madl, 2019: 15; Rasheed et al., 2019: 433; Yamane & Hosoishi, 2020: 44; Dias et al., 2020: 82; Camargo-Vanegas & Guerrero, 2020: 8; Salata & Fisher, 2021: 17; Lebas, 2022: 188; Sharaf et al., 2024: 1754; Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 361 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Pheidole javana formosae: Eguchi, 2004: 200.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole himalayana: Eguchi, 2004: 198; Sarnat et al., 2015: 46.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole indica rotschana: Eguchi, 2004: 198; Sarnat et al., 2015: 46.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole striativentris: Eguchi, 2004: 200; Sarnat et al., 2015: 46.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole tenerifana taina: Sarnat et al., 2015: 46; Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 361.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole tenerifana: Sarnat et al., 2015: 46; Lebas, 2022: 188; Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 361.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole voeltzkowii: Sarnat et al., 2015: 46.

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole himalayana Forel, 1902
  Obsolete combination(s): Pheidole indica himalayana
• Pheidole indica rotschana Forel, 1902
  Obsolete combination(s): Pheidole rotschana
• Pheidole javana formosae Chapman & Capco, 1951
• Pheidole striativentris Mayr, 1879
• Pheidole tenerifana Forel, 1893
• Pheidole tenerifana taina Aguayo, 1932
• Pheidole voeltzkowii Forel, 1894

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