• Chelaner in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini: Forel, 1917: 242 [subtribe Monomoriini]; Emery, 1922c: 168; all subsequent authors except the following.
• Chelaner in Myrmicinae, Monomorium genus group: Ettershank, 1966: 81.
• Chelaner in Myrmicinae, Monomoriini: Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80.
• Chelaner as subgenus of Monomorium: Emery, 1914f: 410; Forel, 1917: 242; Emery, 1922c: 168; Wheeler, 1922: 676.
• Chelaner (and its junior synonyms Notomyrmex, Protholcomyrmex, Schizopelta) as junior synonym of Monomorium: Bolton, 1987: 300; Heterick, 2001: 354.
• Chelaner as genus: Ettershank, 1966: 93; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 55; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1985b: 257; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80 (anachronism); Sparks et al., 2019: 232.

Obsolete classifications

• Monomorium (Chelaner)

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 54:263-452. PDF
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• Dlussky, G. M.; Fedoseeva, E. B. 1988. Origin and early stages of evolution in ants. [In Russian.]. Pp. 70-144 in: Ponomarenko, A. G. (ed.) 1988. Cretaceous biocenotic crisis and insect evolution. [In Russian.]. Moskva: Nauka, 232 pp.
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• Emery, C. 1914f. Les fourmis de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des îles Loyalty. Nova Caledonia. A. Zoologie 1:393-437. PDF
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• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
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