• Lectotype designation: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 498.
• Combination in Brachymyrmex: Smith, 1955c: 99
• Synonym of Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894b: Stärcke, 1926a: 118 (error).
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 11; Mayr, 1863a: 442; André, 1882c: 208 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 172; Saunders, 1896: 26; Wheeler, 1905c: 132; Wheeler, 1913b: 499; Emery, 1925d: 22; Smith, 1955c: 99; Kempf, 1972b: 39; Bolton, 1995b: 82; Fernández & Ortiz-Sepúlveda, 2019: 728; Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 498 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Plagiolepis flavidula

Citations

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