Taxonomic history
Taber & Cokendolpher, 1988 PDF: 95 (k.).Status as species: Forel, 1899b PDF: 69; Emery, 1901c PDF: 119; Wheeler, 1915b PDF: 403; Emery, 1922c PDF: 106; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 190; Creighton & Gregg, 1955 PDF: 24; Cole, 1956c PDF: 113; Smith, 1958c PDF: 124; Gregg, 1959 PDF: 11 (in key); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 202; Hunt & Snelling, 1975 PDF: 21; Smith, 1979: 1374; Bolton, 1995b: 331; Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 197; Wilson, 2003a: 601 (redescription).Senior synonym of Pheidole carbonaria: Emery, 1901c PDF: 119; Emery, 1922c PDF: 106; Smith, 1958c PDF: 124; Gregg, 1959 PDF: 31; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 202; Smith, 1979: 1374; Bolton, 1995b: 331; Wilson, 2003a: 601.Senior synonym of Pheidole kingi instabilis: Creighton & Gregg, 1955 PDF: 24; Smith, 1958c PDF: 124; Gregg, 1959 PDF: 31; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 202; Smith, 1979: 1374; Bolton, 1995b: 331; Wilson, 2003a: 601.Senior synonym of Pheidole kingi: Creighton & Gregg, 1955 PDF: 24; Smith, 1958c PDF: 124; Gregg, 1959 PDF: 31; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 202; Smith, 1979: 1374; Bolton, 1995b: 331; Wilson, 2003a: 601.Senior synonym of Pheidole rugifrons: Emery, 1901c PDF: 119; Emery, 1922c PDF: 106; Smith, 1958c PDF: 124; Gregg, 1959 PDF: 31; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 202; Smith, 1979: 1374; Bolton, 1995b: 331; Wilson, 2003a: 601.Senior synonym of Pheidole kingi torpescens: Creighton & Gregg, 1955 PDF: 24; Smith, 1958c PDF: 124; Gregg, 1959 PDF: 31; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 202; Smith, 1979: 1374; Bolton, 1995b: 331; Wilson, 2003a: 601.Senior synonym of Pheidole townsendi: Creighton & Gregg, 1955 PDF: 24; Smith, 1958c PDF: 124; Gregg, 1959 PDF: 31; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 202; Smith, 1979: 1374; Bolton, 1995b: 331; Wilson, 2003a: 601.
