• [Misspelled as putchella by Emery, 1921c: 89.]
• Status as species: Emery, 1921c: 89; Wheeler, 1922: 818; Santschi, 1930a: 59; Santschi, 1939b: 242; Bolton, 1995b: 328; Fischer et al., 2012: 33 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Pheidole pulchella achantella: Fischer et al., 2012: 33.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole niapuana: Santschi, 1930a: 59; Santschi, 1939b: 242; Bolton, 1995b: 328; Fischer et al., 2012: 33.

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole niapuana Wheeler, 1922
• Pheidole pulchella achantella Santschi, 1939

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Fischer, G.; Hita Garcia, F.; Peters, M. K. 2012. Taxonomy of the ant genus Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographic region: definition of species groups and systematic revision of the Pheidole pulchella group. Zootaxa 3232:1-43. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1910c ("1909"). Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78:349-400. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1930a. Description de Formicides éthiopiens nouveaux ou peu connus. V. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 70:49-77. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1939b. Fourmis de Rhodesia et du Congo. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 79:237-246. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.