• [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Carebara polita Smith, 1860b (Bolton, 1995b: 390).]
• Combination in Solenopsis: Roger, 1863b: 32.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 32; Mayr, 1863a: 434.
• Junior synonym of Solenopsis geminata: Mayr, 1863a: 453; Mayr, 1886c: 362; Mayr, 1886d: 460; Dalla Torre, 1893: 76; Pergande, 1893: 35; Forel, 1899b: 79; Emery, 1922c: 197; Borgmeier, 1927c: 104; Creighton, 1930b: 59; Creighton, 1950a: 231; Kempf, 1972b: 235; Smith, 1979: 1385; Trager, 1991: 163; Bolton, 1995b: 390; Zhou, 2001a: 88.

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica polita

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