• Status as species: Mayr, 1887: 587 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 97; Forel, 1899b: 68; Emery, 1922c: 110; Kempf, 1972b: 204; Brown, 1981: 528; Brandão, 1991: 371; Bolton, 1995b: 332; Wilson, 2003a: 773 (redescription); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 260; Longino, 2019: 126.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole cressoni: Brown, 1981: 528; Brandão, 1991: 371; Bolton, 1995b: 332; Wilson, 2003a: 773.
• Senior synonym of Pheidole ursus gracilinoda: Brown, 1981: 528; Brandão, 1991: 371; Bolton, 1995b: 332; Wilson, 2003a: 773.

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole cressoni (André, 1887)
  Obsolete combination(s): Macromischa cressoni
• Pheidole ursus gracilinoda Forel, 1904

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
• Branstetter, M. G.; Sáenz, L. 2012. Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala. Pp. 221-268 in: Cano, E. B.; Schuster, J. C. (eds.) 2012. Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp. 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. 1899b. Formicidae. [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:1-24. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Longino, J. T. 2019. Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Middle American wet forest. Zootaxa 4599:1-126. doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4599.1.1 PDF
• Mayr, G. 1870b. Neue Formiciden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 20:939-996. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1887. Südamerikanische Formiciden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 37:511-632. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.