Taxonomic history
Combination in Aphaenogaster: Mayr, 1886c PDF: 359; Forel, 1895b PDF: 129.Combination in Pheidole: Emery, 1915k PDF: 69.Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 101; Forel, 1895b PDF: 129; Emery, 1922c PDF: 109; Borgmeier, 1927c PDF: 79; Kempf, 1965 PDF: 184; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 188; Bolton, 1995b: 319.[Note: this taxon is omitted from Wilson, 2003a.].