• Combination in Brachymyrmex: Emery, 1895d: 338.
• Combination in Prenolepis: Mayr, 1876: 78; Wheeler, 1902g: 21.
• Status as species: Cresson, 1887: 256.
• Junior synonym of Nylanderia vividula: Mayr, 1876: 78; Emery & Forel, 1879: 466; Forel, 1891c: 85; Dalla Torre, 1893: 180; Emery, 1925d: 223; Smith, 1951c: 849; Smith, 1979: 1444.
• Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Paratrechina: Bolton, 1995b: 315.
• Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Nylanderia: (current combination).
• [Note: Trager, 1984b: 119, suggests possible synonymy with Nylanderia arenivaga, a junior name, but the original description of Nylanderia perminuta does not contain sufficient data to justify this.]

Obsolete combinations

• Formica perminuta

Citations

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