• Smith, 1943c: 7 (s.w.)
• Combination in Pheidole (Macropheidole): Smith, 1943c: 5
• Junior synonym of Pheidole fimbriata: Wheeler, 1915b: 403; Emery, 1921c: 81
• Revived from synonymy: Smith, 1943c: 7
• See also: Gregg, 1949a: 70; Creighton, 1950a: 168; Wilson, 2003a: 594

Citations

• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Gregg, R. E. 1949a. A note on Pheidole (Macropheidole) rhea Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 56:70-73. PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1943c. Pheidole (Macropheidole) rhea Wheeler, a valid species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 45:5-9. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1908h. The ants of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. (Part I.). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:399-485. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1915b. Some additions to the North American ant-fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34:389-421. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.