• Yamane et al., 2022: 52 (q.)
• Subspecies of Pheidole guineensis Fabricius, 1793: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 175.
• Status as species: Bolton, 1977: 100 (redescription); Onoyama, 1980a: 197; Wang et al., 1988: 268; Ogata, 1991b: 102; Wu & Wang, 1992c: 1309; Wang, 1992: 679; Morisita et al., 1992: 35; Bolton, 1995b: 412; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 84; Tang et al., 1995: 82; Zhang & Zheng, 2002: 220; Imai et al., 2003: 135; Lin & Wu, 2003: 66; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 43; Terayama, 2009: 162; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 57; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 133; Yamane et al., 2022: 52.

Obsolete combinations

• Tetramorium guineense nipponense

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