• Creighton, 1930b: 87 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1977a: 589 (l.)
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, 1915b: 397; Emery, 1922c: 198.
• Subspecies of Solenopsis pylades: Forel, 1911e: 297; Santschi, 1912e: 526; Forel, 1913m: 225; Bruch, 1914: 223.
• Junior synonym of Solenopsis pylades: Eidmann, 1936a: 45 (in text).
• Junior synonym of Solenopsis saevissima: Ettershank, 1966: 143.
• Subspecies of Solenopsis saevissima: Santschi, 1916e: 379; Bruch, 1917d: 431; Gallardo, 1919b: 247; Borgmeier, 1927c: 107; Creighton, 1930b: 87; Santschi, 1933f: 114; Creighton, 1950a: 232; Smith, 1951c: 812; Wilson, 1952b: 57; Smith, 1958c: 129; Smith, 1967a: 357; Kempf, 1972b: 239; Zolessi et al., 1988: 4.
• Status as species: Buren, 1972: 4 (redescription); Smith, 1979: 1388; Brandão, 1991: 379; Trager, 1991: 187 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 390; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 70; Wild, 2007b: 37; Pitts et al., 2018: 360 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Solenopsis saevissima oblongiceps: Trager, 1991: 187; Bolton, 1995b: 390; Pitts et al., 2018: 361.
• Senior synonym of Solenopsis saevissima tricuspis: Creighton, 1930b: 87; Smith, 1951c: 812; Wilson, 1952b: 57; Kempf, 1972b: 239; Trager, 1991: 187; Bolton, 1995b: 390; Pitts et al., 2018: 361.

Junior synonyms

• Solenopsis saevissima oblongiceps Santschi, 1936
• Solenopsis saevissima tricuspis Forel, 1912
  Obsolete combination(s): Solenopsis pylades tricuspis

Obsolete combinations

• Solenopsis pylades richteri

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