• Combination in Aphaenogaster: Cresson, 1887: 260; Dalla Torre, 1893: 104.
• Combination in Solenopsis: Emery, 1895d: 276.
• Status as species: Cresson, 1887: 260.
• Junior synonym of Solenopsis geminata: Emery, 1895d: 276; Wheeler, 1902g: 28.
• [Note: synonymy with Solenopsis xyloni postulated but cannot be proved: Wheeler, 1915b: 395; Emery, 1922c: 197; Creighton, 1930b: 98; Smith, 1951c: 812; Smith, 1979: 1389; Trager, 1991: 167.]
• Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Solenopsis: Bolton, 1995b: 390.

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica sabeana

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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• Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
• Trager, J. C. 1991. A revision of the fire ants, Solenopsis geminata group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 99:141-198. PDF
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