• [Junior secondary homonym of Pheidole subdentata Mayr, 1853b.]
• Subspecies of Pheidole vaslitii: Wheeler, 1914c: 50; Emery, 1922c: 102; Kempf, 1972b: 204.
• Status as species: Forel, 1899b: 69; Creighton, 1958: 211; Gregg, 1959: 10 (in key); Smith, 1967a: 355; Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 21; Smith, 1979: 1374; Brandão, 1991: 369.
• Replacement name: Pheidole obtusospinosa Pergande, 1896.
• [Note: Pheidole obtusospinosa Pergande, 1896 junior synonym of Pheidole subdentata Pergande, 1896 (synonymy by Wheeler, 1914c: 50; Creighton, 1958: 211); hence Pheidole obtusospinosa Pergande, 1896 first available replacement name (Bolton, 1995b: 326).]

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