• Wheeler, 1932g: 15 (s.q.)
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, 1932g: 15; Wheeler, 1933f: 143; Wheeler, 1935g: 19; Wheeler, 1936g: 6.
• Declared as unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Bolton, 1995b: 331.
• Material referred to Pheidole fervens by Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 45.

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Santschi, F. 1928. [Untitled. Introduced by: "The following species has been named by Dr. F. Santschi. 3. Pheidole oceanica subsp. nigriscapa, var. tahitiana, sp."]. P. 516 in: Cheesman, L. E.; Crawley, W. C. 1928. A contribution towards the insect fauna of French Oceania. - Part III. Formicidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)2:514-525. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1932g. Ants from the Society Islands. Bulletin of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 113:13-19. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1933f. A new species of Ponera and other records of ants from the Marquesas Islands. Bulletin of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 114:141-144. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1935g. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
• Wheeler, W. M. 1936g. Ants from the Society, Austral, Tuamotu and Mangareva Islands. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 12(18):3-17. PDF
• Wilson, E. O.; Taylor, R. W. 1967b. The ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pacific Insects Monograph 14:1-109. PDF