• Lectotype designation: Williams & LaPolla, 2016: 246.
• Combination in Prenolepis (Nylanderia): Emery, 1906b: 133.
• Combination in Paratrechina (Euprenolepis): Emery, 1925d: 224.
• Combination in Prenolepis: Brown, 1953h: 7.
• [Note: Brown, 1953h: 7, wrongly rendered the name as P. geei; see Wheeler, 1930k: 80, for correspondence of data.]
• Combination in Nylanderia: Williams & LaPolla, 2016: 246.
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1921c: 542 (redescription); Emery, 1925d: 224; Wheeler, 1930k: 80; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 218; Bolton, 1995b: 364; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 136; Zhou, 2001a: 171; Wang & Wu, 2007: 722 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 37; Williams & LaPolla, 2016: 246 (redescription); Silva et al., 2023: 516.

Obsolete combinations

• Prenolepis emmae

Citations

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