• Forel, 1891c: 93 (m.)
• Combination in Prenolepis (Nylanderia): Emery, 1914f: 422.
• Combination in Paratrechina (Nylanderia): Emery, 1925d: 221.
• Combination in Nylanderia: Wheeler, 1934a: 181; LaPolla et al., 2010a: 127.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 10; Mayr, 1863a: 451; Mayr, 1865: 52 (redescription); Mayr, 1867a: 71 (redescription); Mayr, 1870b: 948 (in key); Mayr, 1876: 77; Forel, 1891c: 93; André, 1892c: 51; Dalla Torre, 1893: 179; Forel, 1899a: 120; Emery, 1914f: 424; Viehmeyer, 1914c: 530; Forel, 1915b: 92; Wheeler, 1919f: 103; Wheeler, 1922n: 318; Emery, 1925d: 221; Clark, 1928b: 170; Wheeler, 1927i: 150; Wheeler, 1934a: 181; Clark, 1934c: 72; Wheeler, 1935g: 50; Donisthorpe, 1941e: 93; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 216; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 129; Taylor, 1987a: 52; Bolton, 1995b: 315; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 40.

Obsolete combinations

• Paratrechina obscura
• Prenolepis obscura

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