• Emery, 1895d: 290 (s.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953b: 79 (l.)
• Combination in Pheidole: Emery, 1895d: 290
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 26; Mayr, 1863a: 460; Mayr, 1886d: 451 (in key); Cresson, 1887: 261; Dalla Torre, 1893: 126; Emery, 1895d: 290; Forel, 1901j: 352; Wheeler, 1904f: 301; Wheeler, 1905j: 379; Wheeler, 1906g: 3; Wheeler, 1908h: 431; Wheeler, 1910a: 563; Wheeler, 1916r: 584; Emery, 1922c: 106; Wesson & Wesson, 1940: 92; Buren, 1944a: 286; Creighton, 1950a: 184; Smith, 1951c: 804; Cole, 1952c: 280 (in key); Smith, 1958c: 123; Gregg, 1959: 12 (in key); Smith, 1967a: 355; Smith, 1979: 1372; Allred, 1982: 494; Naves, 1985: 66; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 45; DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 140; Bolton, 1995b: 327; Wilson, 2003a: 589 (redescription); Coovert, 2005: 58; Ward, 2005: 66; Ellison et al., 2012: 304.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole pilifera artemisia: Wilson, 2003a: 589.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole pilifera coloradensis: Wilson, 2003a: 589.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole xerophila pacifica: Wilson, 2003a: 589.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole pennsylvanica: Emery, 1895d: 290; Forel, 1901j: 352; Wheeler, 1901c: 523 (in text); Buren, 1944a: 286; Smith, 1951c: 804; Gregg, 1959: 25; Smith, 1979: 1372; Bolton, 1995b: 327; Wilson, 2003a: 589; Coovert, 2005: 58.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole pilifera septentrionalis: Creighton, 1950a: 186; Smith, 1958c: 123; Gregg, 1959: 24; Smith, 1979: 1372; Bolton, 1995b: 327; Wilson, 2003a: 589.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole pilifera simulans: Creighton, 1950a: 186; Smith, 1958c: 123; Gregg, 1959: 24; Smith, 1979: 1372; Bolton, 1995b: 327; Wilson, 2003a: 589.
• Material of the unavailable name Pheidole pilifera coloradensis neomexicana referred here by Wilson, 2003a: 589.

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole pennsylvanica Roger, 1863
• Pheidole pilifera artemisia Cole, 1933
• Pheidole pilifera coloradensis Emery, 1895
• Pheidole pilifera septentrionalis Wheeler, 1908
• Pheidole pilifera simulans Smith, 1951
• Pheidole xerophila pacifica Wheeler, 1915

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax pilifer

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