• Lectotype designation: Longino, 2009: 79.
• Forel, 1893j: 410 (q.m.)
• Subspecies of Pheidole susannae: Emery, 1890c: 51; Forel, 1893j: 410; Dalla Torre, 1893: 97; Emery, 1894l: 56; Forel, 1899b: 65; Forel, 1901j: 356; Forel, 1912g: 224; Wheeler, 1905c: 126; Wheeler, 1922e: 6; Emery, 1922c: 100; Borgmeier, 1927c: 89; Menozzi, 1927c: 267; Kusnezov, 1952d: 68 (in key); Kempf, 1972b: 202; Bolton, 1995b: 326.
• Junior synonym of Pheidole susannae: Longino, 2009: 79.
• Status as species: Forel, 1895b: 129; Wilson, 2003a: 330 (redescription); Wild, 2007b: 35; Casadei-Ferreira et al., 2020: 12.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole incisa evoluta: Casadei-Ferreira et al., 2020: 12.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole partita: Wilson, 2003a: 330; Casadei-Ferreira et al., 2020: 12.

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole incisa evoluta Borgmeier, 1929
• Pheidole partita Mayr, 1887

Obsolete combinations

• Pheidole susannae obscurior

Citations

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