• Lectotype designation: Ward, 1989a: 444.
• Kempf, 1960a: 28 (q.)
• Combination in Leptalea: Erichson, 1839: 309.
• Combination in Pseudomyrma: Roger, 1862c: 289.
• Combination in Pseudomyrma (Ornatinoda): Enzmann, 1944: 61.
• Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1960a: 26.
• Status as species: Roger, 1862c: 289; Roger, 1863b: 25; Mayr, 1863a: 452; Mayr, 1870a: 407 (in key); Smith, 1877b: 60; Dalla Torre, 1893: 59; Emery, 1894d: 146; Forel, 1895b: 124; Forel, 1904d: 38; Forel, 1906d: 230; Forel, 1911g: 278; Emery, 1921c: 31; Borgmeier, 1927c: 76; Wheeler, 1942: 182; Enzmann, 1944: 63; Kempf, 1960a: 26 (redescription); Kempf, 1970b: 329; Kempf, 1972b: 224; Perrault, 1988a: 384; Ward, 1989a: 444; Bolton, 1995b: 376; Wild, 2007b: 41; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 126; Ward, 2019: 1106.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex tenuis andina: Kempf, 1960a: 27; Kempf, 1972b: 224; Bolton, 1995b: 376.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex ligniseca: Roger, 1862c: 289; Roger, 1863b: 25; Mayr, 1863a: 452; Dalla Torre, 1893: 59; Forel, 1895b: 124; Borgmeier, 1927c: 76; Kempf, 1960a: 27; Kempf, 1972b: 224; Perrault, 1988a: 384; Bolton, 1995b: 376.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex tenuis paraensis: Kempf, 1960a: 27; Kempf, 1972b: 224; Bolton, 1995b: 376.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex tenuis pittieri: Kempf, 1960a: 27; Kempf, 1972b: 224; Bolton, 1995b: 376.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex rufa: Kempf, 1960a: 27; Kempf, 1972b: 224; Perrault, 1988a: 384; Bolton, 1995b: 376.

Junior synonyms

• Pseudomyrmex ligniseca (Smith, 1858)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma ligniseca
• Pseudomyrmex rufa (Smith, 1877)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma rufa
• Pseudomyrmex tenuis andina (Enzmann, 1944)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma tenuis andina
• Pseudomyrmex tenuis paraensis (Forel, 1912)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma tenuis paraensis
• Pseudomyrmex tenuis pittieri (Forel, 1906)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma tenuis pittieri

Obsolete combinations

• Formica tenuis
• Pseudomyrma tenuis

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