• Goñi et al., 1984: 365 (k.); Pitts et al., 2018: 366 (l.).
• Combination in Solenopsis: Mayr, 1862: 751
• Junior synonym of Solenopsis geminata: Roger, 1863b: 32; Mayr, 1865: 109; Mayr, 1886d: 460; Dalla Torre, 1893: 76; Pergande, 1893: 35; Forel, 1895b: 130; Zhou, 2001a: 88 (error).
• Subspecies of Solenopsis geminata: Wheeler, 1915b: 395; Wheeler, 1916c: 3; Wasmann, 1918a: 69.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1862: 751; Mayr, 1863a: 454; Wheeler, 1915b: 395; Mann, 1916: 447; Wheeler, 1916j: 142; Santschi, 1916e: 378, 380; Wheeler, 1919d: 272; Emery, 1922c: 197; Wheeler, 1922: 879; Wheeler, 1925a: 34; Santschi, 1923c: 265; Borgmeier, 1927c: 106; Creighton, 1930b: 80 (redescription); Borgmeier, 1934: 103; Menozzi, 1935b: 196; Wheeler, 1935g: 26; Eidmann, 1936a: 45; Santschi, 1936d: 405; Creighton, 1950a: 232; Wilson, 1952b: 54; Kusnezov, 1953c: 337; Kempf, 1961b: 507; Snelling, 1963: 10; Ettershank, 1966: 143; Linsley & Usinger, 1966: 175; Kempf, 1972b: 239; Buren, 1972: 15 (redescription); Zolessi et al., 1988: 4; Brandão, 1991: 379; Trager, 1991: 188 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 390; Wild, 2007b: 37; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 122; Pitts et al., 2018: 364 (redescription); Herrera et al., 2024: 190.
• Senior synonym of Solenopsis moelleri gracilior: Creighton, 1930b: 80; Wilson, 1952b: 55; Kempf, 1972b: 239; Trager, 1991: 188; Bolton, 1995b: 391; Pitts et al., 2018: 364.
• Senior synonym of Solenopsis geminata incrassata: Wilson, 1952b: 55; Kempf, 1972b: 239; Trager, 1991: 188; Bolton, 1995b: 391; Pitts et al., 2018: 364.
• Senior synonym of Solenopsis saevissima moelleri: Wilson, 1952b: 55; Kempf, 1972b: 239; Trager, 1991: 188; Bolton, 1995b: 391; Pitts et al., 2018: 364.
• Senior synonym of Solenopsis saevissima morosa: Wilson, 1952b: 55; Kempf, 1972b: 239; Trager, 1991: 188; Bolton, 1995b: 391; Pitts et al., 2018: 364.
• Senior synonym of Solenopsis saevissima perfida: Wilson, 1952b: 55; Kempf, 1972b: 239; Trager, 1991: 188; Bolton, 1995b: 391; Pitts et al., 2018: 364.
• Material of the unavailable name Solenopsis geminata saevissima picea referred here by Trager, 1991: 189; Bolton, 1995b: 391; Pitts et al., 2018: 364.

Junior synonyms

• Solenopsis geminata incrassata Forel, 1908
• Solenopsis moelleri gracilior Forel, 1904
• Solenopsis saevissima moelleri Forel, 1904
  Obsolete combination(s): Solenopsis moelleri
• Solenopsis saevissima morosa Santschi, 1916
• Solenopsis saevissima perfida Santschi, 1923

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica saevissima
• Solenopsis geminata saevissima

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