Taxonomic history
[Pheidole rochai Forel, 1908a PDF: 65. Nomen nudum.].Subspecies of Pheidole lemur: Emery, 1922c PDF: 104; Santschi, 1923d PDF: 46; Borgmeier, 1927c PDF: 85; Kusnezov, 1952d PDF: 67 (in key); Kusnezov, 1953c PDF: 337; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 195; Bolton, 1995b: 329.Status as species: Wilson, 2003a: 225 (redescription).