Pheidole sciophila Wheeler, 1908:443 - Smith, 1958Smith, M.R. 1958. Family Formicidae. In: Krombein, K.V. (Ed.). Hymenoptera of America North of Mexico - Synoptic Catalog. Washington: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph No. 2. First Supplement, 305 pp. 108-162. (distribution); Ruíz-Cancino & Coronado-Blanco, 2002Ruíz-Cancino, E. & J.M. Coronado-Blanco 2002. Artrópodos terrestres de los estados de Tamaulipas y Nuevo León, México. Serie Publicaciones Cientificas No. 4:1-376. (distribution); Fernández & Sendoya, 2004Fernández, F. & S. Sendoya 2004. List of Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biota Colombiana 5 (1):3-93. (distribution); AntWeb, 2023AntWeb 2023. Ants. . (distribution).
Pheidole proserpina Wheeler, 1908:437 - Smith, 1958Smith, M.R. 1958. Family Formicidae. In: Krombein, K.V. (Ed.). Hymenoptera of America North of Mexico - Synoptic Catalog. Washington: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph No. 2. First Supplement, 305 pp. 108-162.:123 ( listed as synonym of Pheidole sciophila Wheeler, 1908).
Pheidole sciophila semilaevicephala Smith, 1934:385 - Smith, 1958Smith, M.R. 1958. Family Formicidae. In: Krombein, K.V. (Ed.). Hymenoptera of America North of Mexico - Synoptic Catalog. Washington: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph No. 2. First Supplement, 305 pp. 108-162.:123 ( listed as synonym of Pheidole sciophila Wheeler, 1908).