• [Prenolepis bourbonica var. bengalensis Emery, 1894b: 71. Nomen nudum (attributed to Forel).]
• Combination in Prenolepis (Nylanderia): Forel, 1912a: 73.
• Combination in Paratrechina (Nylanderia): Emery, 1925d: 219.
• Combination in Nylanderia: Wheeler, 1935g: 49; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 215.
• Status as species: Rothney, 1903: 99; Bingham, 1903: 328.
• Subspecies of Nylanderia bourbonica: Emery, 1894b: 71; Forel, 1912a: 73; Santschi, 1919a: 326; Mann, 1921: 476; Wheeler, 1922: 1037; Wheeler, 1923c: 4; Emery, 1925d: 219; Santschi, 1928a: 55; Cheesman & Crawley, 1928: 524; Wheeler, 1930k: 79; Wheeler, 1932e: 163; Wheeler, 1932g: 18; Wheeler, 1933f: 144; Wheeler, 1935g: 49; Wheeler, 1936g: 16; Wheeler, 1937a: 24; Teranishi, 1940: 60; Eidmann, 1941a: 23; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 215.
• Junior synonym of Nylanderia bourbonica: Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 88; Onoyama, 1980a: 199; Bolton, 1995b: 312; Dorow, 1996a: 87; Tiwari, 1999: 80; Zhou, 2001a: 179; Blard et al., 2003: 130; Ramage, 2014: 158.

Obsolete combinations

• Prenolepis bourbonica bengalensis

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