• Combination in Cataglyphis: Mayr, 1876: 78.
• Combination in Myrmecocystus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 216.
• Combination in Melophorus: Forel, 1902j: 488.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1876: 78 (redescription); Dalla Torre, 1893: 216; Emery, 1925d: 11; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 122; Taylor, 1987a: 37; Bolton, 1995b: 250; Heterick et al., 2017: 75 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Melophorus constans: Heterick et al., 2017: 75.
• Senior synonym of Melophorus iridescens fraudatrix: Heterick et al., 2017: 75.
• Senior synonym of Melophorus iridescens froggatti: Heterick et al., 2017: 75.
• Senior synonym of Melophorus insularis: Heterick et al., 2017: 75.
• Senior synonym of Melophorus iridescens: Heterick et al., 2017: 75.

Junior synonyms

• Melophorus constans Santschi, 1928
• Melophorus insularis Wheeler, 1934
• Melophorus iridescens (Emery, 1887)
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmecocystus iridescens
• Melophorus iridescens fraudatrix Forel, 1915
• Melophorus iridescens froggatti Forel, 1902

Obsolete combinations

• Formica aeneovirens

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10:405-548. PDF
• Heterick, B. E.; Castalanelli, M.; Shattuck, S. O. 2017. Revision of the ant genus Melophorus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 700:1-420. 10.3897/zookeys.700.11784 PDF
• Lowne, B. T. 1865a. Contributions to the natural history of Australian ants. Entomologist 2:275-280. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. Journal des Museum Godeffroy 12:56-115. PDF
• Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.