• Lectotype designation: Longino & Cox, 2009: 41.
• Forel, 1908c: 52 (q.)
• Status as species: Mayr, 1870b: 980 (in key); Emery, 1878a: x (in list); Mayr, 1887: 583 (in key); Emery, 1890c: 51; Dalla Torre, 1893: 95; Emery, 1894l: 56; Emery, 1896g: 80 (in key); Pergande, 1896: 878; Forel, 1899b: 72; Forel, 1908c: 52; Forel, 1912g: 236; Wheeler & Mann, 1914: 24; Mann, 1920b: 427; Emery, 1922c: 108; Menozzi, 1927c: 267; Menozzi, 1931b: 267; Wheeler, 1938: 252; Borgmeier, 1939: 420; Brown, 1957e: 235; Kempf, 1972b: 198; Brown, 1981: 525; Brandão, 1991: 370; Bolton, 1995b: 328; Wilson, 2003a: 618 (redescription); Longino & Cox, 2009: 41; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 260; Sarnat et al., 2015: 68 (redescription); Longino, 2019: 85; Serna et al., 2019: 994 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Pheidole punctatissima napaea: Brown, 1981: 525; Brandão, 1991: 370; Bolton, 1995b: 328; Wilson, 2003a: 618; Longino & Cox, 2009: 41; Sarnat et al., 2015: 68.

Junior synonyms

• Pheidole punctatissima napaea Wheeler, 1934

Citations

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