• Lectotype designation: Fischer & Fisher, 2013: 346.
• [Also described as new by Forel, 1894a: 160.]
• [Justified emendation of spelling to Pheidole tenerifana: Emery, 1901e: 61.]
• Santschi, 1908: 521 (q.); Gómez & Espadaler, 2006: 229 (m.)
• Status as species: Emery, 1901e: 61; Santschi, 1908: 520; Forel, 1911f: 340; Forel, 1913d: 430; Emery, 1915i: 250; Santschi, 1919a: 326; Santschi, 1920d: 378; Emery, 1921c: 89; Wheeler, 1922: 821; Emery, 1924a: 8; Santschi, 1925f: 83; Wheeler, 1927g: 105; Santschi, 1938a: 37; Wheeler, 1930k: 64; Aguayo, 1932: 219; Menozzi, 1934: 159; Santschi, 1934d: 276; Zimmermann, 1934: 68; Finzi, 1936: 164; Finzi, 1939a: 163; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 153; Wellenius, 1955: 6; Baroni Urbani, 1968e: 438; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 73; Kempf, 1972b: 202; Báez & Ortega, 1978: 190; Barquín, 1981: 114; Schembri & Collingwood, 1981: 428; Collingwood, 1985: 255; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 54; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 271 (in key); Kugler, 1988: 257; Snelling, 1992b: 124 (in key); Collingwood, 1993b: 194; Hohmann et al., 1993: 157; Bolton, 1995b: 331; Mei, 1995: 762; Poldi et al., 1995: 3; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 324; Collingwood et al., 1997: 508; Espadaler, 1997g: 31; Wilson, 2003a: 640 (redescription); Collingwood et al., 2004: 478; Ward, 2005: 66; Gómez & Espadaler, 2006: 229; Petrov, 2006: 93 (in key); Wetterer et al., 2007: 31; Paknia et al., 2008: 155; Heterick, 2009: 169; Lush, 2009: 116; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 44; Legakis, 2011: 12; Collingwood et al., 2011: 438; Wetterer, 2011e: 843; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 527; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 24; Borowiec & Salata, 2013: 364; Fischer & Fisher, 2013: 346 (redescription); Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 214; Borowiec, 2014: 144; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 121; Lebas et al., 2016: 332 (error); Seifert, 2016b: 14 (error); Wetterer et al., 2016: 16 (error).
• Junior synonym of Pheidole indica: Sarnat et al., 2015: 46; Lebas, 2022: 188.

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