• Smith, 1943c: 7 (s.w.)
• Combination in Pheidole (Macropheidole): Smith, 1943c: 5
• Junior synonym of Pheidole fimbriata: Wheeler, 1915b: 403 (in text); Emery, 1921c: 81.
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1910a: 563; Smith, 1943c: 7 (redescription); Gregg, 1949a: 70; Creighton, 1950a: 168; Smith, 1951c: 804; Gregg, 1959: 9 (in key); Kempf, 1972b: 185; Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 21; Smith, 1979: 1373; Bolton, 1995b: 328; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 190; Wilson, 2003a: 594 (redescription).

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