• Combination in Monomorium: Roger, 1863b: 31.
• Junior synonym of Monomorium minutum: Mayr, 1862: 753 (in text); Mayr, 1863a: 429; Mayr, 1865: 91; Dours, 1873: 169; Bingham, 1903: 210; Tiwari, 1999: 58 (error).
• Subspecies of Monomorium minutum: André, 1883a: 333; Emery, 1893e: 82; Dalla Torre, 1893: 67; Emery, 1895d: 274; Emery, 1908j: 681.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 31, 49; McCook, 1880: 188; Forel, 1881: 8; Emery, 1881b: 532 (in key); Emery, 1890c: 48; Emery, 1894l: 54; Forel, 1899b: 78; Forel, 1903a: 687; Forel, 1904g: 422; Forel, 1907d: 18; Wheeler & Mann, 1914: 19; Mann, 1920b: 406; Emery, 1922c: 171; Wheeler, 1923d: 4; Santschi, 1933a: 21; Wheeler, 1942: 198; Kusnezov, 1949a: 425; Creighton, 1950a: 218; Ettershank, 1966: 88; Yarrow, 1967: 27; Kempf, 1972b: 143; Alayo, 1974: 14 (in key); Collingwood, 1985: 270; Bolton, 1995b: 260; Mohamed et al., 2001: 52; Wetterer et al., 2007: 14; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 489; Borowiec, 2014: 117; Bharti et al., 2016: 39; Lebas et al., 2016: 302; Arcos et al., 2022: 12; Seifert, 2025: 67.
• Senior synonym of Monomorium atra: Seifert, 2025: 67 (by implication).
• Senior synonym of Monomorium minimum emersoni: Seifert, 2025: 67.
• Senior synonym of Monomorium metoecus: Seifert, 2025: 67 (by implication).
• Senior synonym of Monomorium minimum: Seifert, 2025: 67.
• Senior synonym of Monomorium trageri: Seifert, 2025: 67.

Junior synonyms

• Monomorium atra (Buckley, 1867)
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmica atra
• Monomorium metoecus Brown & Wilson, 1957
• Monomorium minimum (Buckley, 1867)
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmica minima
• Monomorium minimum emersoni Gregg, 1945
• Monomorium trageri DuBois, 1986

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica carbonaria

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