• Chelaner in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini: Forel, 1917: 242 [subtribe Monomoriini Emery, 1914e]; Emery, 1922c: 168 [subtribe Monomoriini Emery, 1914e]; Sparks et al., 2019: 232.
• 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; Emery, 1915g: 190; Forel, 1917: 242; Emery, 1922c: 168; Wheeler, 1922: 676; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 633.
• Chelaner as junior synonym of Monomorium: Bolton, 1987: 287, 300; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 14; Ogata, 1991b: 104; Bolton, 1995b: 24; Tang et al., 1995: 68; Heterick, 2001: 354; Bolton, 2003: 212.
• Chelaner as genus: Ettershank, 1966: 93; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 55; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1985b: 257; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80; Sparks et al., 2019: 232.
• Chelaner as senior synonym of Notomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 93; Sparks et al., 2019: 232.
• Chelaner as senior synonym of Schizopelta: Ettershank, 1966: 93; Sparks et al., 2019: 232.

Junior synonyms

• Schizopelta McAreavey, 1949

Obsolete classifications

• Monomorium (Chelaner)

Citations

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