• Lectotype designation: Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 154.
• Subspecies of Solenopsis metanotalis: Santschi, 1916e: 377; Emery, 1922c: 200; Creighton, 1930b: 126; Ettershank, 1966: 140; Kempf, 1972b: 238; Zolessi et al., 1988: 4; Bolton, 1995b: 387.
• Status as species: Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 152 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Solenopsis metanotalis pelotana: Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 152.

Junior synonyms

• Solenopsis metanotalis pelotana Forel, 1912

Obsolete combinations

• Solenopsis metanotalis emiliae

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Creighton, W. S. 1930b. The New World species of the genus Solenopsis (Hymenop. Formicidae). Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 66:39-151. PDF
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
• Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 14:73-171. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Pacheco, J. A.; Mackay, W. P. 2013. The systematics and biology of the New World thief ants of the genus Solenopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 501 pp. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1912e. Quelques fourmis de l'Amérique australe. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 20:519-534. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1916e. Formicides sudaméricains nouveaux ou peu connus. Physis (Buenos Aires) 2:365-399. PDF
• Zolessi, L. C. de; Abenante, Y. P. de; Philippi, M. E. 1988 ("1987"). Lista sistemática de las especies de Formícidos del Uruguay. Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 11(165):1-9.