Taxonomic history
Subspecies of Pheidole punctatissima: Wheeler, 1911a PDF: 26; Wheeler, 1913b PDF: 492; Wheeler & Mann, 1914 PDF: 24; Emery, 1922c PDF: 108; Wheeler, 1937b PDF: 446; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 199; Alayo, 1974 PDF: 12 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 323.Subspecies of Pheidole punctatissima annectens: Brown, 1981 PDF: 525 (in text).Junior synonym of Pheidole bilimeki: Wilson, 2003a: 378.Status as species: Longino & Cox, 2009 PDF: 41; Lubertazzi, 2019 10.3099/MCZ-43.1 PDF: 147.