• Santschi, 1930b: 67 (w.q.)
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1930b: 67.
• Junior synonym of Pheidole punctulata: Dalla Torre, 1893: 95; Emery, 1915i: 235; Emery, 1921c: 85; Wheeler, 1922: 815.
• Subspecies of Pheidole megacephala: Santschi, 1925h: 160; Santschi, 1930b: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 331.

Obsolete combinations

• Pheidole talpa

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1915i. Les Pheidole du groupe megacephala (Formicidae). Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 4:223-250. PDF
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Gerstäcker, A. 1871. Beitrag zur Insektenfauna von Zanzibar. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 37(1):345-363. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1925h. Formicidae. Mission Rohan-Chabot 4(3):159-168. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1930b. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 37:53-81. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.