• [Misspelled as molifaciens by Buckley, 1867: 348.]
• [Misspelled as molificans by Taschenberg, 1880: 266, 705.]
• Emery, 1895d: 308 (m.)
• Combination in Myrmica (Monomorium): Buckley, 1867: 348.
• Combination in Pogonomyrmex: Mayr, 1886c: 365.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 433; Buckley, 1867: 348 (redescription).
• Subspecies of Pogonomyrmex barbatus: Forel, 1886b: xlii; André, 1893b: 152; Dalla Torre, 1893: 118; Emery, 1895d: 308; Forel, 1899b: 62; Forel, 1901d: 128; Wheeler, 1902a: 98 (in key); Wheeler, 1902d: 391 (in key); Wheeler, 1902g: 29; Forel, 1907d: 25; Wheeler, 1910a: 565; Emery, 1921c: 46; Olsen, 1934: 501; Cole, 1937b: 134; Stitz, 1937b: 133; Cole, 1942: 367; Smith, 1951c: 792.
• Junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex barbatus: Mayr, 1886c: 365; Mayr, 1886d: 449; Creighton, 1950a: 119; Smith, 1958c: 114; Cole, 1968: 56; Kempf, 1972b: 207; Smith, 1979: 1353; Bolton, 1995b: 341.

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica molefaciens

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