• Lectotype designation: Eguchi, 2004: 202.
• Subspecies of Pheidole javana: Forel, 1912a: 60; Forel, 1913g: 193; Emery, 1921c: 92; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 144.
• Subspecies of Pheidole fervens: Bolton, 1995b: 323
• Status as species: Eguchi, 2004: 202 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Pheidole javana jubilans

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• 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. 2004. Taxonomic revision of two wide-ranging Asian ants, Pheidole fervens and P. indica (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Formicidae), and related species. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. B, Botanik, Zoologie 105:189-209. PDF
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Forel, A. 1911b. Ameisen aus Java beobachtet und gesammelt von Herrn Edward Jacobson. II. Theil. Notes from the Leyden Museum 33:193-218. PDF
• Forel, A. 1912a. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Formicidae (Hym.) [Combined reference]. Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 1:45-81. PDF
• Forel, A. 1913g. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute: Formicidae II. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)79(6):183-202. PDF