• Wheeler & Wheeler, 1983a: 606 (l.)
• Combination in Acanthomyrmex: Emery, 1893a: cclxxvi
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 31; Mayr, 1863a: 441; Smith, 1871a: 332; Dalla Torre, 1893: 93; Emery, 1924f: 235; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 464; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 115; Moffett, 1985a: 165; Moffett, 1986c: 86 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 53; Yamada et al., 2018: 10.

Obsolete combinations

• Pheidole notabilis

Citations

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