• Heterick, 2001: 371 (w.m.)
• Combination in Monomorium (Notomyrmex): Emery, 1922c: 170.
• Combination in Monomorium: Taylor, 1987b: 2.
• Combination in Chelaner: Ettershank, 1966: 96; Sparks et al., 2019: 232.
• Status as species: Emery, 1922c: 170; Ettershank, 1966: 96; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 56; Taylor, 1987a: 19; Bolton, 1995b: 259; Heterick, 2001: 370 (redescription); Heterick, 2009: 163; Sparks et al., 2019: 232.
• Senior synonym of Chelaner macareaveyi: Heterick, 2001: 370
• Senior synonym of Chelaner niger: Heterick, 2001: 370.

Junior synonyms

• Chelaner macareaveyi Ettershank, 1966
  Obsolete combination(s): Monomorium macareaveyi
• Chelaner niger (McAreavey, 1949)
  Obsolete combination(s): Monomorium niger

Obsolete combinations

• Monomorium bicorne

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
• Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 14:73-171. PDF
• Forel, A. 1907j. Formicidae. In: Michaelsen, W.; Hartmeyer, R. (eds.) 1907. Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Band I, Lieferung 7. Jena: Gustav Fischer, pp. 263-310. PDF
• Heterick, B. E. 2001. Revision of the Australian ants of the genus Monomorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15:353-459. PDF
• Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76:1-206. PDF
• Sparks, K. S.; Andersen, A. N.; Austin, A. D. 2019. A multi-gene phylogeny of Australian Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) results in reinterpretation of the genus and resurrection of Chelaner Emery. Invertebrate Systematics 33:225-236. 10.1071/ISI6080 PDF
• Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
• Taylor, R. W. 1987b. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). First supplement, 10 July, 1987. CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41(Suppl.1):1-5.
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.