Type notes:
Material included: Colombia: Barranquilla (A. Forel), Brazil: Ceará (Diaz da Rocha); workers (number not stated), deposited in MHNG (no type status).
[Solenopsis globularia r. curtaForel, 1908a: 67. Nomen nudum.]
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1922c: 199.
Declared as unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Bolton, 1995b: 387.