• Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 139.
• Subspecies of Pheidole aberrans: Gallardo, 1932d: 182 (in key); Kempf, 1972b: 184; Bolton, 1995b: 326.
• Status as species: Wilson, 2003a: 139 (redescription); Mackay et al., 2011: 304 (in key).

Obsolete combinations

• Pheidole aberrans obscurifrons

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Gallardo, A. 1932d. El subgénero Elasmopheidole en la República Argentina (Himenopteros Formicidos). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 36:178-182. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Mackay, W. P.; Sola, F. J.; Josens, R. 2011. A new shield-faced ant of the genus Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: aberrans group) from Argentina. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 137:297-305. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1925e. Fourmis des provinces argentines de Santa Fe, Catamarca, Santa Cruz, Córdoba et Los Andes. Comunicaciones del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Bernardino Rivadavia" 2:149-168. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.