Pheidole rufipilis var. laevinota Forel, 1908: 371 (in text) (w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Wilson, 2003a: 200). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Campo Itatiaya, v.06 (H. Lüderwaldt). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0908204 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 9 paralectotype minor workers, 10 paralectotype major workers. Secondary type localities: some with same data as lectotype, others with collection date 12.iv.06. Secondary type depositories: MHNG, MZSP. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0908205 (MP 2694), MZSP0088776, MZSP0088777, MZSP0088778, MZSP0088779, MZSP0088780, MZSP0088781, MZSP0088792, MZSP0088793. Type notes: 1) Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table 2, supply the corrected collection details from the handwritten catalogues at MZSP: MP 2694, Pheidole rufipilis For. n. sp. var. levinota For. n. var. (Formicidae), 12.iv.06, H. Lüderwaldt, Campo Itatiaya (Rio de Janeiro), ninho debaixo de pedra [nest under stone]. Forel det. v. também n. 11.227, Public!; MP 2618, Pheidole rufipilis For. n. sp. var. levinota For. n. var. (Formicidae), v.06, H. Luederwaldt, Campo Itatiaya (Rio de Janeiro), ninho debaixo de pedra [nest under stone]. Forel det. v. também n. 11227, Public! 2) The specimen designated as lectotype by Wilson, 2003a: 200, bears the number MP 2618 on its label, corresponding with the collection date v.06 cited by Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table 2. 3) Original collection information: Brazil: São Paulo (H. von Ihering).