• Combination in Pheidole: Mayr, 1886c: 360
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 436; Mayr, 1886c: 360; Dalla Torre, 1893: 97; Forel, 1895b: 129; Emery, 1922c: 110; Borgmeier, 1927c: 90; Kempf, 1965: 183; Kempf, 1972b: 203; Brown, 1981: 527; Brandão, 1991: 371; Bolton, 1995b: 332; Wilson, 2003a: 769 (redescription); Wild, 2007b: 35.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole emeryi alsia: Wilson, 2003a: 769.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole crassipes: Wilson, 2003a: 769.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole emeryi: Kempf, 1965: 183; Kempf, 1972b: 203; Bolton, 1995b: 332; Wilson, 2003a: 769.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole fumipennis: Brown, 1981: 527; Brandão, 1991: 371; Bolton, 1995b: 332.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole rubra: Kempf, 1965: 183; Kempf, 1972b: 203; Bolton, 1995b: 332; Wilson, 2003a: 769.

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole crassipes Mayr, 1887
• Pheidole emeryi Mayr, 1887
• Pheidole emeryi alsia Santschi, 1923
• Pheidole fumipennis (Smith, 1858)
  Obsolete combination(s): Atta fumipennis
• Pheidole rubra (Smith, 1858)
  Obsolete combination(s): Atta rubra

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica tristis

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Borgmeier, T. 1927c. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 2 parte. Subf. Pseudomyrminae, Myrmicinae, Formicidae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 29:69-164. PDF
• Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1981. Preliminary contributions toward a revision of the ant genus Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Part I. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 54:523-530. PDF
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
• Forel, A. 1895b. A fauna das formigas do Brazil. Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia 1:89-139. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1965. Nota preliminar sôbre algumas formigas neotrópicas, descritas por Frederick Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 25:181-186. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1886c. Notizen über die Formiciden-Sammlung des British Museum in London. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 36:353-368. PDF
• Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. PDF
• Wild, A. L. 2007b. A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1622:1-55. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.