• [Justified emendation of spelling to Dolichoderus taprobanae: Mayr, 1886c: 353.]
• Bingham, 1903: 296 (w.)
• Combination in Dolichoderus: Mayr, 1886c: 353.
• Combination in Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea): Emery, 1913a: 14.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 421; Motschoulsky, 1863: 11; Smith, 1871a: 303; Mayr, 1886c: 353; Dalla Torre, 1893: 161; Forel, 1895f: 466; Rothney, 1903: 99; Bingham, 1903: 296; Emery, 1913a: 14; Forel, 1913l: 90; Crawley, 1924a: 402; Wheeler, 1927b: 46; Wheeler, 1927h: 99; Wheeler, 1930k: 71; Donisthorpe, 1932b: 575; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 185; Wu & Wang, 1992c: 1310; Shattuck, 1994: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 176; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 121; Tang et al., 1995: 86; Xu, 1995a: 35; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 341; Xu, 2001b: 356 (in key); Zhou, 2001a: 156; Dill, 2002: 63; Mohanraj et al., 2010: 6; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 33; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 25; Bharti et al., 2016: 19; Jaitrong et al., 2016: 22; Dias et al., 2020: 17; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 15.
• Senior synonym of Dolichoderus gracilis: Emery, 1913a: 14; Wheeler, 1919f: 99; Shattuck, 1994: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 176; Zhou, 2001a: 156; Dill, 2002: 63.
• Senior synonym of Dolichoderus ingruens: Donisthorpe, 1932b: 575; Shattuck, 1994: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 176; Zhou, 2001a: 156; Dill, 2002: 63.
• Senior synonym of Dolichoderus taprobanae obscuripes: Xu, 1995a: 35.
• Senior synonym of Dolichoderus semirufus: Forel, 1895f: 466; Bingham, 1903: 296; Shattuck, 1994: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 176; Xu, 1995a: 35; Zhou, 2001a: 156.
• Senior synonym of Dolichoderus taprobanae tonkina: Xu, 1995a: 35.

Junior synonyms

• Dolichoderus gracilis (Motschoulsky, 1863)
  Obsolete combination(s): Hypoclinea gracilis
• Dolichoderus ingruens (Walker, 1859)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica ingruens
• Dolichoderus semirufus André, 1887
• Dolichoderus taprobanae obscuripes Santschi, 1920
• Dolichoderus taprobanae tonkina Santschi, 1920

Obsolete combinations

• Formica taprobane

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