• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 95; Forel, 1895b: 129; Forel, 1899b: 69; Emery, 1922c: 104; Wheeler, 1925a: 13; Borgmeier, 1927c: 87; Kempf, 1972b: 198; Bolton, 1995b: 328; Wilson, 2003a: 218 (redescription); Longino, 2009: 66; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 260; Longino, 2019: 110.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole pubiventris cearensis: Wilson, 2003a: 218; Longino, 2009: 66.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole indistincta: Longino, 2009: 66.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole pubiventris nevadensis: Wilson, 2003a: 218; Longino, 2009: 66.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole pubiventris timmii: Wilson, 2003a: 218; Longino, 2009: 67.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole variegata: Longino, 2009: 66.

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole indistincta Forel, 1899
• Pheidole pubiventris cearensis Forel, 1901
• Pheidole pubiventris nevadensis Forel, 1901
• Pheidole pubiventris timmii Forel, 1901
• Pheidole variegata Emery, 1896
  Obsolete combination(s): Pheidole pubiventris variegata

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Borgmeier, T. 1927c. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 2 parte. Subf. Pseudomyrminae, Myrmicinae, Formicidae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 29:69-164. PDF
• Branstetter, M. G.; Sáenz, L. 2012. Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala. Pp. 221-268 in: Cano, E. B.; Schuster, J. C. (eds.) 2012. Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp. PDF
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
• Forel, A. 1895b. A fauna das formigas do Brazil. Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia 1:89-139. PDF
• Forel, A. 1899b. Formicidae. [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:1-24. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Longino, J. T. 2009. Additions to the taxonomy of New World Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2181:1-90. PDF
• Longino, J. T. 2019. Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Middle American wet forest. Zootaxa 4599:1-126. doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4599.1.1 PDF
• Mayr, G. 1887. Südamerikanische Formiciden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 37:511-632. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1925a. Neotropical ants in the collections of the Royal Museum of Stockholm. Arkiv för Zoologi 17A(8):1-55. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.