• [Also described as new by Forel, 1902g: 538.]
• [Misspelled as smithies by Santschi, 1920h: 166; Santschi, 1924c: 105.]
• [Misspelled as smithyii by Zhou, 2006: 584.]
• Eguchi, 2003: 335 (m.)
• Combination in Ceratopheidole: Emery, 1922c: 113.
• Combination in Pheidole: Bolton, 1995b: 330.
• Status as species: Forel, 1902c: 165 (in key); Bingham, 1903: 227; Santschi, 1920h: 166; Emery, 1922c: 113; Santschi, 1924c: 105; Eidmann, 1941a: 18; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 135; Bolton, 1995b: 330; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 318; Zhou, 2001a: 133; Eguchi, 2003: 335; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 35; Eguchi, 2008: 87 (redescription); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 50; Liu et al., 2015: 50; Bharti et al., 2016: 43; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 116.
• 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

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