• Combination in Pheidole (Pheidolacanthinus): Mann, 1919: 307
• Senior synonym of Pheidole sexspinosa adamsoni: Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 52
• Status as species: Mayr, 1876: 102 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 96; Forel, 1901c: 13; Dahl, 1901: 20 (in key); Emery, 1911g: 249; Mann, 1919: 307; Emery, 1921c: 82; Santschi, 1928a: 46; Wheeler, 1935g: 20; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 138; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 52; Taylor, 1967b: 1094; Taylor, 1976a: 85; Dlussky, 1994a: 54; Bolton, 1995b: 330; Wetterer & Vargo, 2003: 416; Wetterer, 2006: 415; Clouse, 2007b: 243; Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 101; Sarnat et al., 2013: 71; Ramage, 2014: 174; Wang et al., 2018: 655 (redescription).

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole sexspinosa adamsoni Wheeler, 1932

Citations

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