• Smith, 1875: 34 (q.m.); Imai et al., 1984: 6 (k.)
• Combination in Meranoplus: Smith, 1853: 224
• Status as species: Smith, 1853: 224; Smith, 1858a: 193; Smith, 1862d: 412; Mayr, 1862: 764; Roger, 1863b: 39; Mayr, 1863a: 428; Smith, 1871a: 334; Smith, 1873: ix; Smith, 1875: 34; Forel, 1885b: 182; Emery, 1887f: 470; Rothney, 1889: 373; Emery, 1892c: 166; Dalla Torre, 1893: 136; Emery, 1893h: 248; Emery, 1895m: 472; Mayr, 1897: 431; Emery, 1901h: 120; Forel, 1903a: 705; Rothney, 1903: 97; Bingham, 1903: 168; Forel, 1907d: 12; Forel, 1908b: 2; Forel, 1911c: 226; Forel, 1913l: 83; Wheeler, 1913f: 237; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 128; Wheeler, 1923c: 3; Emery, 1924f: 228; Wheeler, 1927b: 45; Mukerjee, 1930: 154; Wheeler, 1930k: 69; Donisthorpe, 1932b: 576; Karavaiev, 1935a: 99; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 112; Collingwood, 1970b: 377; Bolton, 1995b: 250; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 78; Schödl, 1998: 371 (redescription); Tiwari, 1999: 61; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 332; Zhou, 2001a: 98; Ghosh et al., 2005: 25; Terayama, 2009: 186; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 47; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 44; Bharti & Akbar, 2014c: 814 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 38; Jaitrong et al., 2016: 36; Rasheed et al., 2019: 432; Dias et al., 2020: 75; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 99; Wang et al., 2022: 83.
• Senior synonym of Meranoplus dimicans: Smith, 1871a: 334; Bingham, 1903: 168; Emery, 1924f: 228; Donisthorpe, 1932b: 576; Bolton, 1995b: 250; Schödl, 1998: 372.
• Senior synonym of Meranoplus bicolor fuscescens: Schödl, 1998: 372; Terayama, 2009: 186.
• Senior synonym of Meranoplus bicolor lucidus: Schödl, 1998: 372.
• Senior synonym of Meranoplus tarda: Emery, 1892c: 166; Dalla Torre, 1893: 136; Emery, 1924f: 228; Bolton, 1995b: 250; Schödl, 1998: 372; Zhou, 2001a: 98.
• Senior synonym of Meranoplus villosus: Roger, 1863b: 39; Smith, 1871a: 334; Bingham, 1903: 168; Emery, 1924f: 228; Bolton, 1995b: 250; Schödl, 1998: 372.

Junior synonyms

• Meranoplus bicolor fuscescens Wheeler, 1930
• Meranoplus bicolor lucidus Forel, 1903
• Meranoplus dimicans Walker, 1859
• Meranoplus tarda (Jerdon, 1851)
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmica tarda
• Meranoplus villosus Motschoulsky, 1860

Obsolete combinations

• Cryptocerus bicolor

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