Extant: 3 valid subspecies
Pheidole capensis Mayr, 1862 PDF: 746 (s.w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Forel, 1913a PDF: 130 (q.).Subspecies of Pheidole megacephala: Emery, 1895i PDF: 34.Revived status as species: Forel, 1913a PDF: 130; Arnold, 1920a PDF: 441.