• [Also described as new by Forel, 1902g: 38.]
• Combination in Ceratopheidole: Emery, 1922c: 113.
• Combination in Pheidole: Bolton, 1995b: 330.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole smythiesii bengalensis: Eguchi, 2008: 87.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole bhavanae: Eguchi, 2008: 87.

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole bhavanae Bingham, 1903
• Pheidole smythiesii bengalensis Forel, 1902

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Eguchi, K. 2008. A revision of northern Vietnamese species of the ant genus Pheidole (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Zootaxa 1902:1-118. PDF
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
• Forel, A. 1902c. Myrmicinae nouveaux de l'Inde et de Ceylan. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10:165-249. PDF
• Forel, A. 1902g. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part IX. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 14:520-546. PDF