• Combination in Paratrechina (Nylanderia): Emery, 1925d: 219.
• Combination in Nylanderia: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 215; LaPolla et al., 2010a: 127.
• Subspecies of Nylanderia bourbonica: Emery, 1925d: 219; Wheeler, 1928c: 37; Wheeler, 1929h: 58; Wheeler, 1930b: 106; Wheeler, 1930k: 79; Santschi, 1937h: 385; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 215; Bolton, 1995b: 312.
• Status as species: Terayama, 1999c: 61 (redescription); Imai et al., 2003: 64; Lin & Wu, 2003: 61; Terayama, 2009: 209; Terayama et al., 2011: 78; Silva et al., 2023: 512.

Obsolete combinations

• Prenolepis bourbonica amia

Citations

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