• Status as species: Mayr, 1870b: 979 (redescription); Mayr, 1876: 102 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 93; Emery, 1900: 681; Emery, 1911f: 531; Emery, 1914a: 180; Emery, 1914f: 401; Mann, 1919: 316; Emery, 1921c: 93; Mann, 1921: 436; Mann, 1925b: 5; Cheesman & Crawley, 1928: 517; Santschi, 1928a: 47; Wheeler, 1932e: 157; Wheeler, 1932g: 15; Wheeler, 1935g: 18; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 147; Wilson, 1962c: 15; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 48; Taylor, 1967b: 1094; Taylor, 1976a: 84; Taylor, 1987a: 54; Dlussky, 1994a: 54; Bolton, 1995b: 326; Wetterer, 2002: 128; Wetterer & Vargo, 2003: 416; Wetterer, 2006: 415; Clouse, 2007b: 241; Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 100; Sarnat et al., 2013: 71; Ramage, 2014: 173.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole oceanica boraborensis: Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 48; Bolton, 1995b: 326; Ramage, 2014: 173.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole oceanica pattesoni: Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 48; Bolton, 1995b: 326.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole oceanica upoluana: Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 48; Bolton, 1995b: 326.

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole oceanica boraborensis Wheeler, 1932
• Pheidole oceanica pattesoni Mann, 1919
• Pheidole oceanica upoluana Santschi, 1928

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