• Lectotype designation: Eguchi, 2001a: 23.
• Subspecies of Pheidole rinae: Wheeler, 1929g: 4; Wheeler, 1930k: 64; Bolton, 1995b: 331; Eguchi, 2001a: 23.
• Status as species: Eguchi et al., 2007: 271 (redescription); Eguchi, 2008: 90 (redescription); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 50; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 116.

Obsolete combinations

• Pheidole rinae taipoana

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Eguchi, K. 2001a. A taxonomic study on Asian Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): new synonymy, rank changes, lectotype designations and redescriptions. Insecta Koreana 18:1-35. PDF
• Eguchi, K. 2008. A revision of northern Vietnamese species of the ant genus Pheidole (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Zootaxa 1902:1-118. PDF
• Eguchi, K.; Yamane, S.; Zhou, S.-Y. 2007. Taxonomic revision of the Pheidole rinae Emery complex. Sociobiology 50:257-284.
• Guénard, B.; Dunn, R. R. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3358:1-77. PDF
• Khachonpisitsak, S.; Yamane, S.; Sriwichai, P.; Jaitrong, W. 2020. An updated checklist of the ants of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 998:1-182. 10.3897/zookeys.998.54902 PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1928c. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in China. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 22:3-38. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1929g. Some ants from China and Manchuria. American Museum Novitates 361:1-11. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1930k. A list of the known Chinese ants. Peking Natural History Bulletin 5:53-81. PDF