• [Also described as new by André, 1884f: 543 (date of publication 15.xi.1884).]
• Menozzi & Consani, 1952: 66 (q.)
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 137; Mayr, 1893b: 201; Forel, 1894b: 79; Wheeler, 1922: 888; Emery, 1924f: 227; Menozzi & Consani, 1952: 66; Bolton, 1981a: 55 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 251; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 212.
• Senior synonym of Meranoplus bondroiti: Bolton, 1981a: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 251.
• Senior synonym of Meranoplus simoni diversipilosus: Bolton, 1981a: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 251.
• Senior synonym of Meranoplus simoni nitidiventris: Bolton, 1981a: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 251.
• Senior synonym of Meranoplus simoni: Bolton, 1981a: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 251.
• Senior synonym of Meranoplus simoni suturalis: Bolton, 1981a: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 251.
• Material of the unavailable name Meranoplus simoni nitidiventris springvalensis referred here by Bolton, 1981a: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 251.

Junior synonyms

• Meranoplus bondroiti Santschi, 1915
• Meranoplus simoni Emery, 1895
• Meranoplus simoni diversipilosus Santschi, 1932
• Meranoplus simoni nitidiventris Mayr, 1901
• Meranoplus simoni suturalis Forel, 1910

Citations

• André, Ern. 1884b ("1883"). [Untitled. Meranoplus Magrettii Andr. n. sp.]. P. 245 in: Magretti, P. 1884. Raccolte imenotterologiche nell'Africa Orientale. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 15:241-253. PDF
• André, Ern. 1884f. [Untitled. Meranoplus Magrettii, n. sp.]. P. 543 in: Magretti, P. 1884. Risultati di raccolte imenotterologiche nell'Africa Orientale. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 21:523-636.
• Bolton, B. 1981a. A revision of the ant genera Meranoplus F. Smith, Dicroaspis Emery and Calyptomyrmex Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 42:43-81. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Forel, A. 1894b. Abessinische und andere afrikanische Ameisen, gesammelt von Herrn Ingenieur Alfred Ilg, von Herrn Dr. Liengme, von Herrn Pfarrer Missionar P. Berthoud, Herrn Dr. Arth. Müller etc. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 9:64-100. PDF
• Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1893b. Formiciden von Herrn Dr. Fr. Stuhlmann in Ost-Afrika gesammelt. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 10:194-201. PDF
• Menozzi, C.; Consani, M. 1952. Missione biologica Sagan-Omo diretta dal Prof. E. Zavattari. Hymenoptera Formicidae. Rivista di Biologia Coloniale 11:57-71. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.