• [Duplicated in Jerdon, 1854a: 47.]
• [Misspelled as destructa by Smith, 1858a: 163.]
• [Misspelled as decstructor by Menozzi, 1929b: 4.]
• Bingham, 1903: 209 (q.m.)
• Combination in Monomorium: Emery, 1893m: 66.
• Combination in Monomorium (Parholcomyrmex): Wheeler, 1922: 874.
• Combination in Trichomyrmex: Ward et al., 2015: 76.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 163; Mayr, 1863a: 396; Dalla Torre, 1893: 66; Emery, 1893e: 82; Emery, 1893h: 243, 256; Emery, 1893i: 263; Forel, 1895b: 125; Mayr, 1897: 427; Emery, 1901h: 117; Emery, 1901i: 567; Forel, 1903a: 687; Bingham, 1903: 209; Forel, 1903f: 404; Forel, 1904c: 373; Wheeler, 1905c: 123; Forel, 1907d: 19; Wheeler, 1908a: 126; Emery, 1908j: 671; Santschi, 1908: 517; Forel, 1909k: 394; Wheeler, 1909d: 334, 339; Forel, 1910b: 29; Yano, 1910a: 419; Wheeler, 1910a: 562; Wheeler, 1911a: 22; Forel, 1911f: 380; Forel, 1911c: 221; Forel, 1912a: 55; Forel, 1912e: 105; Forel, 1912h: 3; Wheeler, 1912a: 45; Forel, 1913g: 191; Forel, 1913l: 53; Wheeler, 1913e: 240; Forel, 1915b: 73; Donisthorpe, 1915f: 336; Arnold, 1916: 235; Santschi, 1921b: 424; Emery, 1922c: 180; Wheeler, 1922: 874; Wheeler, 1923d: 4; Essig, 1926: 858; Stärcke, 1926a: 86 (in key); Wheeler, 1927d: 5; Wheeler, 1927g: 108; Borgmeier, 1927c: 99; Donisthorpe, 1927c: 387; Wheeler, 1928c: 19; Menozzi, 1929b: 4; Wheeler, 1929h: 61; Wheeler, 1930b: 100; Wheeler, 1930k: 67; Menozzi & Russo, 1930: 158; Aguayo, 1932: 217; Kutter, 1932: 207; Mukerjee, 1934: 7; Wheeler, 1934i: 13; Donisthorpe, 1935: 633; Wheeler, 1935g: 25; Wheeler, 1936g: 10; Smith, 1937: 833; Finzi, 1939a: 164; Teranishi, 1940: 57; Eidmann, 1942a: 248; Kusnezov, 1949a: 425; Creighton, 1950a: 224; Smith, 1951c: 811; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 166; Wellenius, 1955: 8; Wilson, 1962c: 16; Wilson, 1964b: 7; Baltazar, 1966: 259; Ettershank, 1966: 88; Smith, 1967a: 357; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 64; Taylor, 1967b: 1094; Kempf, 1972b: 143; Alayo, 1974: 14 (in key); Taylor, 1976a: 86; Báez & Ortega, 1978: 190; Smith, 1979: 1382; Barquín, 1981: 204; Collingwood, 1985: 270; Bolton, 1987: 324 (redescription); Taylor, 1987a: 40; Deyrup et al., 1989: 96; Brandão, 1991: 357; Ogata, 1991b: 107; Wu & Wang, 1992c: 1307; Morisita et al., 1992: 39; Dlussky, 1994a: 54; Bolton, 1995b: 261; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 89; Dorow, 1996a: 78; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 346; Collingwood et al., 1997: 508; Tiwari, 1999: 57; Deyrup et al., 2000: 297; Deyrup, 2003: 45; Imai et al., 2003: 134; Lin & Wu, 2003: 66; Wetterer & Vargo, 2003: 417; Collingwood et al., 2004: 484; Ghosh et al., 2005: 26; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 27; Heterick, 2006: 96 (redescription); Wetterer, 2006: 415; Fernández, 2007b: 134; Clouse, 2007b: 247; Framenau & Thomas, 2008: 68; Paknia et al., 2008: 155; Heterick, 2009: 164; Terayama, 2009: 153; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 43; Wetterer, 2009c: 97; Mohanraj et al., 2010: 6; Collingwood et al., 2011: 433; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 45; Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 87; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 212; Sarnat et al., 2013: 71; Borowiec, 2014: 118; Ramage, 2014: 164; Bharti et al., 2016: 47; Jaitrong et al., 2016: 40; Wetterer et al., 2016: 21; Sharaf et al., 2016a: 16 (redescription); Sharaf et al., 2017: 47; Deyrup, 2017: 72; Dekoninck et al., 2019: 1159; Fernández & Serna, 2019: 828; Lubertazzi, 2019: 196; Borowiec & Salata, 2020: 19; Dias et al., 2020: 99; Sharaf et al., 2020: 552; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 136; Wetterer, 2021: 4; Wang et al., 2022: 112; Herrera et al., 2024: 198; Jallow & Gómez, 2024: 9.
• Senior synonym of Trichomyrmex atomaria: Dalla Torre, 1893: 66; Wheeler, 1908a: 126; Emery, 1922c: 180; Wheeler, 1922: 874; Bolton, 1987: 324; Bolton, 1995b: 261; Heterick, 2006: 96.
• Senior synonym of Trichomyrmex basalis: Dalla Torre, 1893: 66; Forel, 1894b: 86; Forel, 1895b: 125; Forel, 1903a: 687; Wheeler, 1908a: 126; Emery, 1922c: 180; Wheeler, 1922: 874; Creighton, 1950a: 224; Smith, 1979: 1382; Bolton, 1987: 324; Bolton, 1995b: 261; Tiwari, 1999: 57; Heterick, 2006: 96.
• Senior synonym of Trichomyrmex destructor gracillimus: Bolton, 1987: 324; Bolton, 1995b: 261; Dorow, 1996a: 78; Heterick, 2006: 96.
• Senior synonym of Trichomyrmex ominosa: Dalla Torre, 1893: 66; Wheeler, 1908a: 126; Emery, 1922c: 180; Wheeler, 1922: 874; Bolton, 1987: 324; Bolton, 1995b: 261; Heterick, 2006: 96.
• Senior synonym of Trichomyrmex vexator: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 468; Bolton, 1987: 324; Bolton, 1995b: 261; Heterick, 2006: 97.

Junior synonyms

• Trichomyrmex atomaria (Gerstäcker, 1859)
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmica atomaria
• Trichomyrmex basalis (Smith, 1858)
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmica basalis
• Trichomyrmex destructor gracillimus (Smith, 1861)
  Obsolete combination(s): Trichomyrmex gracillimus, Myrmica gracillima, Monomorium destructor gracillimum, Monomorium gracillimum
• Trichomyrmex ominosa (Gerstäcker, 1859)
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmica ominosa
• Trichomyrmex vexator (Smith, 1861)
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmica vexator

Obsolete combinations

• Atta destructor
• Monomorium destructor

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