• Combination in Paratrechina (Nylanderia): Emery, 1925d: 220.
• Combination in Nylanderia: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 217; LaPolla et al., 2010a: 127.
• Combination in Paraparatrechina: Terayama, 2013: 16.
• Status as species: Emery, 1925d: 220; Teranishi, 1940: 19; Santschi, 1941: 277; Azuma, 1951: 88; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 217; Azuma, 1953: 4; Collingwood, 1976a: 306; Azuma, 1977a: 117; Onoyama, 1980a: 199; Collingwood, 1981: 29; Morisita et al., 1991: 21; Bolton, 1995b: 315; Terayama, 1999c: 51 (in key); Imai et al., 2003: 81; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 35.

Obsolete combinations

• Nylanderia sakurae
• Paratrechina sakurae
• Prenolepis sakurae

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