• [Justified emendation of spelling to Pheidole jelskii by B. Bolton.]
• Forel, 1893j: 400 (q.m.)
• Subspecies of Pheidole fallax: Forel, 1893j: 400; Dalla Torre, 1893: 90; Forel, 1893j: 400; Emery, 1894h: 390; Wheeler, 1905c: 92, 125; Emery, 1906c: 155; Forel, 1907h: 6; Wheeler, 1908a: 133 (in key); Forel, 1909a: 250; Forel, 1912g: 221; Bruch, 1914: 220; Wheeler & Mann, 1914: 21; Mann, 1916: 437; Wheeler, 1916c: 5; Wheeler, 1922e: 6; Emery, 1922c: 101; Wheeler, 1923d: 4; Menozzi & Russo, 1930: 153; Wheeler, 1936c: 198; Smith, 1937: 840; Santschi, 1939f: 161; Kempf, 1972b: 191; Bolton, 1995b: 323.
• Status as species: Emery, 1888c: 354; von Jhering, 1894: 390; Forel, 1901j: 356; Wilson, 2003a: 307 (redescription); Wild, 2007b: 35; Wetterer et al., 2016: 14; Longino, 2019: 101; Lubertazzi, 2019: 147; Serna et al., 2019: 969 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Pheidole jelskii antillensis: Wilson, 2003a: 306.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole arenicola: Wilson, 2003a: 306.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole fallax emiliae: Wilson, 2003a: 306.
• Material of the unavailable name Pheidole fallax emiliae retifera referred here by Wilson, 2003a: 306.

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole fallax emiliae Forel, 1901
• Pheidole jelskii antillensis Forel, 1901
• Pheidole jelskii arenicola Emery, 1894
  Obsolete combination(s): Pheidole fallax arenicola

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