• Combination in Oecodoma: Jerdon, 1851: 108.
• Combination in Pheidole: Westwood, 1839a: 219; Smith, 1858a: 173.
• Status as species: Westwood, 1840b: 87; Jerdon, 1851: 108; Smith, 1858a: 173; Roger, 1863b: 31; Mayr, 1863a: 441; Smith, 1871a: 331; Dalla Torre, 1893: 95; Emery, 1921c: 93; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 148; Bolton, 1995b: 328; Tiwari, 1999: 41; Borowiec, 2014: 143; Bharti et al., 2016: 43.
• [Note: Bingham, 1903: 220 (footnote) suggests that this name may be synonymous with Pheidole indica, as does Emery, 1921c: 91.]

Obsolete combinations

• Atta providens

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