• Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 328.
• Santschi, 1929d: 281 (q.m.)
• Subspecies of Pheidole triconstricta: Dalla Torre, 1893: 97; Bruch, 1914: 221.
• Status as species: Emery, 1906c: 154; Santschi, 1916e: 373; Santschi, 1919f: 41; Emery, 1922c: 99; Santschi, 1929d: 279 (redescription); Kusnezov, 1952d: 67 (in key); Kempf, 1972b: 197; Bolton, 1995b: 326; Wilson, 2003a: 328 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Pheidole strobeli silvicola: Wilson, 2003a: 328.
• Material of the unavailable names Pheidole nitidula strobeli labrata, Pheidole nitidula strobeli vicina referred here by Wilson, 2003a: 328.

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole strobeli silvicola Borgmeier, 1927

Obsolete combinations

• Pheidole triconstricta nitidula

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bruch, C. 1914. Catálogo sistemático de los formícidos argentinos. Revista del Museo de La Plata 19:211-234. PDF
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1888e. Alcune formiche della Repubblica Argentina raccolte dal Dott. C. Spegazzini. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 26[=(2)6]:690-694. PDF
• Emery, C. 1906c ("1905"). Studi sulle formiche della fauna Neotropica. XXXVII. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 37 (1905):107-194. PDF
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Kusnezov, N. 1952d ("1951"). El género Pheidole en la Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 12:5-88. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1916e. Formicides sudaméricains nouveaux ou peu connus. Physis (Buenos Aires) 2:365-399. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1919f. Nouveaux formicides de la République Argentine. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 87:37-57. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1929d. Nouvelles fourmis de la République Argentine et du Brésil. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 107:273-316. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.