• Emery, 1914a: 184 (q.)
• Combination in Monomorium (Notomyrmex): Emery, 1922c: 170.
• Combination in Monomorium: Bolton, 1987: 284.
• Combination in Chelaner: Ettershank, 1966: 97; Sparks et al., 2019: 233.
• Status as species: Emery, 1914a: 184; Emery, 1922c: 170; Viehmeyer, 1925a: 27; Clark, 1938: 368; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 58; Taylor, 1987a: 20; Bolton, 1995b: 266; Heterick, 2001: 435 (redescription); Sparks et al., 2019: 233.
• Senior synonym of Chelaner rubriceps cinctum: Heterick, 2001: 435.
• Senior synonym of Chelaner rubriceps extreminigrum: Heterick, 2001: 435.
• Senior synonym of Chelaner rubriceps rubra: Heterick, 2001: 435.
• Senior synonym of Chelaner sanguinolentum: Heterick, 2001: 435.

Junior synonyms

• Chelaner rubriceps cinctum (Wheeler, 1917)
  Obsolete combination(s): Monomorium rubriceps cinctum
• Chelaner rubriceps extreminigrum (Forel, 1915)
  Obsolete combination(s): Monomorium rubriceps extreminigrum
• Chelaner rubriceps rubra (Forel, 1913)
  Obsolete combination(s): Monomorium rubriceps rubra
• Chelaner sanguinolentum (Wheeler, 1927)
  Obsolete combination(s): Monomorium sanguinolentum

Obsolete combinations

• Monomorium rubriceps

Citations

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• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Clark, J. 1938. The Sir Joseph Banks Islands. Reports of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. Part 10. Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (n.s.)50:356-382.
• Emery, C. 1914a. Formiche d'Australia e di Samoa raccolte dal Prof. Silvestri nel 1913. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8:179-186. PDF
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
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• Mayr, G. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. Journal des Museum Godeffroy 12:56-115. 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.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
• Viehmeyer, H. 1925a. Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. (Fortsetzung.). Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 14:25-39. PDF