• Wheeler & Wheeler, 1951: 185 (l.).
• Combination in Iridomyrmex: Wheeler, 1913b: 497.
• Combination in Forelius: Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 13; Shattuck, 1992c: 95.
• Subspecies of Forelius analis Emery, 1913a: 26.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 14; Mayr, 1863a: 455; Dalla Torre, 1893: 166; Emery, 1895d: 333; Wheeler, 1905c: 110; Wheeler, 1905j: 389; Wheeler, 1910a: 569; Emery, 1913a: 42; Wheeler, 1913b: 497; Wheeler, 1913d: 116; Santschi, 1930e: 81; Smith, 1930a: 5; Wheeler, 1932a: 12; Wheeler, 1934g: 178; Cole, 1936a: 37; Cole, 1937b: 136; Cole, 1942: 373; Creighton, 1950a: 342; Smith, 1951c: 836; Smith, 1958c: 140; Carter, 1962a: 7 (in list); Smith, 1967a: 364; Kempf, 1972b: 126; Alayo, 1974: 42; Yensen et al., 1977: 183; Smith, 1979: 1419; Snelling & George, 1979: 166; Petralia & Vinson, 1980: 386; Dlussky, 1981b: 48; Allred, 1982: 478; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 57; DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 144; Deyrup et al., 1989: 99; Shattuck, 1994: 95; Bolton, 1995b: 190; Cuezzo, 2000: 261 (redescription); Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 258; Deyrup, 2003: 45; Ward, 2005: 9; Coovert, 2005: 108; Guerrero & Fernández, 2008: 57; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 254; Deyrup, 2017: 170; Guerrero, 2019: 710.
• Senior synonym of Forelius analis: Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 13; Bolton, 1995b: 190; Coovert, 2005: 108; Ward, 2005: 9.
• Senior synonym of Forelius pruinosus testaceus: Snelling & George, 1979: 166; Bolton, 1995b: 190; Cuezzo, 2000: 261.

Junior synonyms

• Forelius analis (André, 1893)
  Obsolete combination(s): Tapinoma anale
• Forelius pruinosus testaceus (Cole, 1936)
  Obsolete combination(s): Iridomyrmex pruinosus testaceus

Obsolete combinations

• Iridomyrmex pruinosus
• Tapinoma pruinosum

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