• Combination in Prenolepis (Nylanderia): Emery, 1914f: 422.
• Combination in Paratrechina (Nylanderia): Emery, 1925d: 220.
• Combination in Nylanderia: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 217.
• Combination in Paraparatrechina: LaPolla et al., 2010a: 128.
• Subspecies of Nylanderia clandestina: Dalla Torre, 1893: 178.
• Status as species: Emery, 1925d: 220; Karavaiev, 1929e: 245; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 217; Bolton, 1995b: 315; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 31; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 40; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 57; Wang et al., 2022: 52.

Obsolete combinations

• Prenolepis clandestina opaca
• Prenolepis opaca

Citations

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