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Pheidole punctatissima jamaicensis barbouri Wheeler, 1913:492 - Wheeler, 1913Wheeler, W.M. 1913. The ants of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology LIV (17):477-505. (distribution).
Pheidole punctatissima napaea Wheeler, 1934:165 Synonymized with Pheidole punctatissima Mayr, 1870 by Brown, 1981Brown, W.L. 1981. Preliminary contributions toward a revision of the ant genus Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Part I. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 54 (3):523-530.:525.
Pheidole punctatissima jamaicensis praetermissa Wheeler, 1937:446 - Wheeler, 1937Wheeler, W.M. 1937. Ants mostly from the mountains of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 81 (3):441-465. (distribution).