• Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 474.
• Subspecies of Pheidole dimidiata: Forel, 1908a: 66; Forel, 1912g: 235; Emery, 1922c: 107; Kempf, 1972b: 190; Bolton, 1995b: 326.
• Status as species: Wilson, 2003a: 474; Longino, 2009: 58; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 259; Longino, 2019: 50.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole chalcoides: Longino, 2019: 51.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole sagana: Longino, 2009: 58; Longino, 2019: 51.

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole chalcoides Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole sagana Wheeler, 1934

Obsolete combinations

• Pheidole dimidiata nitidicollis

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Branstetter, M. G.; Sáenz, L. 2012. Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala. Pp. 221-268 in: Cano, E. B.; Schuster, J. C. (eds.) 2012. Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1896g. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XVII-XXV. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 28:33-107. PDF
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
• Forel, A. 1908a. Catálogo systemático da collecção de formigas do Ceará. Boletim do Museu Rocha 1(1):62-69. PDF
• Forel, A. 1912g. Formicides néotropiques. Part III. 3me sous-famille Myrmicinae (suite). Genres Cremastogaster et Pheidole. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 19:211-237. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Longino, J. T. 2009. Additions to the taxonomy of New World Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2181:1-90. PDF
• Longino, J. T. 2019. Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Middle American wet forest. Zootaxa 4599:1-126. doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4599.1.1 PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.