• Lectotype designation: Wilson, 2003a: 224.
• [Also described as new by Santschi, 1913h: 37.]
• Status as species: Emery, 1922c: 103; Kempf, 1972b: 200; Bolton, 1995b: 329; Wilson, 2003a: 224 (redescription); Guerrero et al., 2018: 250.

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
• Guerrero, R. J.; Fernández, F.; Escárraga, M. E.; Pérez-Pedraza, L.; Serna, F.; Mackay, W. P.; Sandoval, V.; Veraga, V.; Suárez, D.; García, E. I.; Sánchez, A.; Meneses, A.D.; Tocora, M.C.; Sosa-Calvo, J. 2018. New records of myrmicine ants for Colombia. Revista Colombiana de Entomología 44:238-259. 10.25100/socolen.v44i2.7115 PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1911i. Formicides de diverses provenances. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 55:278-287. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1913h. Hyménoptères. Formicides. Pp. 33-43 in: André, Ern. et al. 1913. Mission du service géographique de l'armée pour la mesure d'un arc de méridien équatorial en Amérique du Sud. Tome 10. Fasc. 1. Insectes. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 119 pp. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.